The Future of
Tech Leadership
2025
Explore the annual research report and tools to assess your org, realign strategy and lead confidently through the AI readiness crisis.
Uncover data from 1,000+ senior tech execs
All new and all telling: Get the annual guide to how AI is reshaping leadership, org design, and hiring models across public, PE-backed, and VC-backed companies.
- Where AI is reshaping C-suites and org charts
- How high-readiness orgs differ from the rest (hint: it’s not just titles)
- Why 42% of companies say execution discipline is a core weakness
Take the AI organizational readiness quiz
As AI accelerates, only 2% of companies are structurally prepared to harness its full potential. How will your organization rank? Ready or not, find out now.
- Get your custom and anonymous AI Readiness score in 2 minutes
- See how your org compares to others (VC, PE, or public)
- Receive next-step recommendations
As few as 2% of companies are structurally prepared to harness AI’s full potential.
Dig deeper to understand the full impact of the AI readiness crisis.
Inside the Report
AI is no longer a question of “if,” but of readiness
Sixty-two percent of tech leaders say it’s “very important” to their enterprise strategy over the next 12–18 months. But strategic importance doesn’t equal executional readiness.
Inside the Report
Why tech leadership hiring is entering a period of unusually rapid change
While individual contributors remain the highest hiring priority over the next 12 months the top of the org chart that presents the biggest challenge.
Inside the Report
Tariffs and talent strategy: The unseen impact
As global risk factors rise, companies are being forced to rethink where they build their teams, not just who they hire.
Why only 2% of companies are ready to win at AI
Listen on:
Despite the AI gold rush dominating boardroom conversations, only about 2% of companies are truly AI-ready. That’s the conclusion of Riviera Partners’ Future of Tech Leadership Report, and it was the focal point of a recent episode of the Signal to Noise podcast, where host Adam Zellner sat down with Bill Murphy, Managing Partner at Cresting Wave and former CTO at Blackstone.
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