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Two numbers landed this week that every CEO should hold side by side. 1) JPMorgan is running a 2026 technology budget of $19.8 billion with 2,000 staff dedicated to AI. Meta has committed $115–135 billion in AI capital expenditure this year alone — nearly double last year. The scale of investment across the enterprise is extraordinary. 2) And Gartner predicts more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027. Not because the technology doesn't work. Because the organizations deploying it aren't ready for it. Gartner's own analysts are blunt about the cause: most agentic AI projects are early-stage experiments driven by hype and misapplication. Seventy percent of developers report integration failures with existing systems. Forty-two percent of AI initiatives show zero measurable ROI — not because the agent failed, but because no one built the measurement framework, redesigned the workflow, or dealt with the legacy architecture underneath it first. Deloitte this week put it equally plainly: enterprises that are winning with agentic AI are the ones that redesigned their processes before deploying the agent, not after. This is the gap I spend most of my time in. Capital is not the constraint. The constraint is the operating model, the data architecture, the governance layer, and the people who have to work alongside these systems every day. Spend $19 billion on AI without fixing those foundations and you don't get transformation. You get expensive complexity. #Responsibletransformation means doing the hard work in the right order — people, process, technology — not the other way around. That sequence is unglamorous. It doesn't generate headlines the way a nine-figure capex commitment does. But it is the difference between the organizations that will look back at 2026 as the year they caught the wave🌊, and those that will be explaining to their boards why the investment didn't land. The wave is here. Make sure your foundation is built for it. 📎 Gartner: https://lnkd.in/e9M6a8V9 Sources: Gartner Agentic AI Forecast (June 2025, reconfirmed 2026); Deloitte Insights Agentic AI Strategy Report (2026); JPMorgan Chase 2026 Technology Budget; Meta Q1 2026 Earnings. #BusinessForesight #AIStrategy #ResponsibleTransformation #AltumWave #NextWave #DigitalTransformation #AltumStrategyGroup #Leadership

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Proud to be a part of VHB and glad to have the opportunity to attend the NHDOT and ACEC-NH Technical Transfer Conference. It was a great opportunity to learn from peers and see how planning, collaboration, and technology continue to advance infrastructure delivery in New Hampshire and beyond. #VHB #Transportation #Mobility #Safety #Innovation #NHDOT #ACECNH #Infrastructure

Huge thanks to everyone that came out last night to the Spring ACEC/NC Junior Board Social in Charlotte. I had a great time speaking with every one of you & really appreciate the time you all took out of your full schedules to come learn about ACEC/NC’s committees.

Great night to be a VHB Charlotte office employee! Had a blast at the Knights game. Lots of opportunities to join our growing team! https://lnkd.in/eSXP9jJ4

So thankful for all of my landscape architect colleagues!

Starting off the morning together with this Team at the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Trail and seeing the impact firsthand was really meaningful. Knowing we helped remove 93 pounds of trash is incredibly gratifying and a reminder of what we can accomplish when we work together. Looking forward to the next opportunity to help keep our forests and waterways clean.

A memorable night at the @ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Awards Gala this past weekend! VHB received four awards, recognizing projects that improve healthcare access, strengthen infrastructure resilience, and advance safer streets across New York. Congratulations to our teams, clients, and partners—and to all this year’s award recipients. Read more about VHB’s award-winning projects: https://bit.ly/4cXPBR0