Why Are 88% of Companies Wasting Their AI Budgets? | Marcin Rzepiel | Euvic Talks

88% of organizations declare they are deploying AI, yet only a fraction see a real impact on bottom-line profit and efficiency (McKinsey report). Why do AI investments so often end in disappointment? Where lies the problem—in technological limits, employee resistance, or a lack of clear strategy?

In this episode of Euvic Talks, Bartek Śliwa sits down with Marcin Rzepiel (AI Transformation Lead at Euvic S.A.). Marcin, who transitioned from software engineer to digital transformation leader, highlights the most common pitfalls businesses face with artificial intelligence. He demonstrates how combining Lean Management principles with AI technology helps identify process waste and achieve genuine operational cost savings.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why AI Projects Fail: Discover why 88% of companies adopt AI while few see real ROI, what “Shadow AI” is, and how to prevent it in Back Office departments.
• Combining Lean Management & AI: How to map business process waste before buying expensive licenses, and why clean data matters more than the AI model itself.
• AI vs. Traditional Automation: When advanced LLMs are unnecessary and simpler, cost-effective solutions win.
• Prioritizing Ideas & ROI: How to leverage the Impact vs. Effort Matrix to manage idea overload and free up employee bandwidth for tasks driving real business value (unrealized value).
• Case Study (Join The Crew): How an autonomous AI agent for competitor analysis was built in just 24 hours for the yachting industry.
• The Human Side of Transformation: Overcoming team resistance, shifting organizational mindset, and addressing the age-old concern: “Will AI take our jobs?”