A Da Vinci sketch style illustration of a figure seated alone at an empty desk while colleagues work in the background, representing the retained team left behind after work is externalised

AI Is the New Outsourcing

Every major outsourcing wave promised efficiency gains and punished organizations that treated it as a procurement decision rather than a transformation. AI adoption is the same wave with a different vendor. The transformation activities that separated outsourcing successes from failures map directly onto what AI adoption requires, and most organizations are skipping them.

May 27, 2026 · 9 min · 1770 words · João Malcata