By now, I’ve attended enough AI steering committee meetings to spot a trend. There is always one person in the room (usually the one who is most familiar with the tools) who ultimately decides how quickly the rest in the room can move. This decision is made discreetly and without malice. They rarely intend to gatekeep anything. To put this simply, everyone else has mastered the art of waiting for their approval before acting. There is more to that pattern than just one meeting. According to a…