AI is gaining traction across nearly every function. But organisational alignment is not keeping pace. Most organisations appear active: pilots are live, teams are experimenting, leaders are supportive. Yet beneath the momentum, alignment is slipping. Teams are moving, just not in the same direction. Each team is moving, but not always in the same direction. This is the current risk in AI transformation. Not resistance. Not delay. But divergence. Functional Acceleration, Syst