Generative AI has entered a new maturity phase. Organisations are no longer asking if they should adopt GenAI—they’re asking how fast they can do it while maintaining security, trust, and operational control.

This essential Red Hat checklist breaks down the six strategic drivers that are pushing enterprises to prioritise GenAI adoption in 2025. Whether your organisation is exploring early use cases or scaling enterprise-grade deployments, this asset gives you the clarity you need to move forward.

What You’ll Learn

The checklist provides actionable insights on:

1. The biggest business and innovation drivers behind GenAI

Understand how AI can impact productivity, customer experience, competitive advantage, and decision-making.

2. How open, flexible platforms accelerate GenAI success

See why openness and ecosystem interoperability matter for long-term AI scalability.

3. The role of governance, risk, and security in responsible AI adoption

Learn how enterprises can maintain compliance and trust while implementing AI-driven solutions.

4. Ways to optimise existing IT investments for GenAI workloads

Discover how to bring GenAI capabilities to your hybrid cloud, infrastructure, and automation stack.

5. How to scale GenAI beyond pilots and proofs-of-concept

Move AI from experimentation to full enterprise adoption with repeatable frameworks.

6. What sets high-performing GenAI organisations apart

Identify the practices that create real, measurable ROI.