# Databricks and DataIQ report on deliberate, evidence-based enterprise AI decisions

> Original title: Deliberate decisions and enterprise AI value

- Source: Databricks Blog
- Published: 2026-10-30T19:30:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/cj0klbqmpxml81l3dll6l1tqj
- Original: https://www.databricks.com/blog/deliberate-decisions-and-enterprise-ai-value

## Summary

DataIQ and Databricks published a report, Deliberate Decisions, drawing on two days of peer discussion at DataIQ Guild 2026, an invite-only think tank for senior data and AI leaders. It identifies five leadership disciplines and four foundations (Context, Control, Cost and Choice) for moving from AI pilots to enterprise value. The report says a successful pilot is not the same as production readiness, and that the cost of AI includes security, support, governance and the operating model.