---
id: "quote-pairing-expertise-with-ai"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ What Separates Leaders from Laggards"]
tags: ["lessons-learned", "expertise"]
related: ["entity-maura-mccarthy", "entity-ita-group"]
speaker: "Maura McCarthy"
speakers: ["Maura McCarthy"]
quote: "The most valuable lesson we've learned is the importance of pairing our expertise with AI."
sources: ["agentic"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-agentic"
originDay: 6
articleStem: "hbr-new-27-teach-ai-your-decisions"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/teach-your-ai-how-you-make-decisions"
sourceTitle: "Teach Your AI How You Make Decisions"
---
# Pairing expertise with AI

> "The most valuable lesson we've learned is the importance of pairing our expertise with AI."
> — [[entity-maura-mccarthy|Maura McCarthy]], COO of [[entity-ita-group|ITA Group]]

McCarthy summarizing ITA Group's core takeaway from their AI deployment struggles. Supports [[concept-digital-labor-governance]] and [[claim-codified-judgment-compounds]].