SMRTR AIDec 18, 2025ZDNet

5 ways you can copy Lenovo's AI strategy to actually get real results

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Lenovo's global CIO Art Hu reveals how the tech giant deployed AI across all business operations through a strategic five-pronged approach. Lenovo manages over 1,000 AI projects using a portfolio method that guides initiatives from exploration to company-wide deployment, while restructuring IT operations to support employee participation in AI transformation, building regional redundancy into systems, creating executive scoreboards that foster competition among leadership teams, and whitelisting proven AI tools to balance innovation speed with quality outcomes.

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