The business landscape is shifting fast. AI is no longer a futuristic concept — it’s here, reshaping industries and redefining success.

Across sectors, top leaders are making bold moves to ensure their organizations are built for the future. Jeff Bezos has returned to Amazon to fast track AI adoption. Satya Nadella is restructuring Microsoft to align with AI driven transformation. Mark Zuckerberg is seeing the payoff from high output, small teams.

This isn’t just a corporate trend, it’s a necessity. Inflation has made productivity the cost of survival.

AI: More Than Just a Technology Solution

AI is often viewed as a standalone tech upgrade, but in reality, it’s a catalyst for organizational change. It fills gaps in information and automation, creating new opportunities for efficiency and scale. But technology alone doesn’t drive transformation, leadership does.

For multifamily operators, this means rethinking team structures to match the demands of a fast moving, AI-driven market. The challenge isn’t just about adopting AI; it’s ensuring teams are built to execute.


Challenge	Impact
A culture of busyness over productivity	Meetings, reports, and status updates often delay meaningful execution.
Heirachy that slows responsiveness	Layers of coordination can add complexity instead of efficiency.
Disconnect between leadership priorities and frontline execution	Teams end up working from outdated mandates instead of responding to real time business needs.

The Problem: Teams Aren’t Built for Execution

Many organizations today still reward process over progress. The focus remains on oversight, internal consensus, and status updates rather than speed, accountability, and results. This disconnect shows up in three critical ways:

When accountability is weak and incentives are misaligned, inefficiency persists. The wrong people stay in the wrong roles, performance declines, and the organization absorbs the cost. High-output teams, on the other hand, are built for action.

Step 1 : Audit Execution Competency

Identify which roles drive value and which merely manage processes.
Limit execution priorities to three measurable objectives and track progress over 90 days. If work is stagnating, it’s not a resource issue - it’s a competency issue.

Step 2 : Get into the Details

Leaders need to engage in execution, not just set strategy.
Skip the presentations and lengthy reports, instead ask for real and specific updates that drive action.
Treat partners and vendors as key stakeholders to drive better decisions and faster execution.

Step 3 : Design in the Office

Bring teams together for high impact work. Alignment happens faster, decisions are made in real time, and execution improves.
Once the new framework is set, reintroduce flexibility and remote work options.

Step 4 : Apply Startup Constraints

A 'Day One' mindset forces reinvention. If you had to rebuild your team from scratch with just seven people, who would they be?
What skills and mindsets would be non-negotiable for success? Scarcity often sparks the creativity and transformation needed to drive meaningful change.

Step 5 : Keep Moving Forward

Remove obstacles quickly and maintain momentum. Progress compounds over time, making consistent action more valuable than perfection.
By choosing a steady, well planned path forward, you minimize costly missteps and ensure long-term success.

The Bigger Picture: Competing in an AI-Driven World

This isn’t just about efficiency, it’s about staying competitive in a rapidly changing market. AI is transforming the way we work and think at an unprecedented pace, but without the right environment, even the best technology will fail to deliver results.

Think of it this way: AI is like electricity — if you don’t wire the house, the lights won’t turn on. Some organizations will lay the groundwork and harness AI’s full potential. Others will be left behind, clinging to outdated structures, hoping that candlemakers will somehow light the room. The reality is the teams of the future won’t emerge by default, they’ll be intentionally built.

Is your organization ready? The time to act is now.

Preparing for the Future State of Business: Designing Teams that Execute