Your AI Problem Is not Data Debt – It is Executive Relevance

There is a lot of noise right now about Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, and one phrase you have probably heard is this: “Your AI strategy will fail if you do not fix your data debt.”Now, there is truth in that. Years of fragmented systems, inconsistent definitions, and patchwork reports really are catching up with us. AI will expose every weakness you have buried in your data.But if you take that message into the C‑suite or the boardroom, and you lead with “data debt” and “process standardization,” you will lose the audience that matters most.Today, I want to reframe the issue. Your biggest AI problem is not data debt. Your biggest AI problem is executive relevance.The real issue: multiple versions of the truth.