What's not working
AI assistants aren't a workforce.
Most enterprises have enabled assistants. Few have built a workforce, AI that does the work end to end, with humans in the loop where judgment actually matters.
Faster people, same workflow
Your people get quicker at their own tasks, but nothing connects them. Every handoff still waits on a person to notice it and carry it to the next step.
Cost that never inverts
Per-seat licensing scales with headcount, not throughput. The unit economics don't change, so the gains stay anecdotal.