Here's a chicken-or-egg proposition -- are forward-looking companies most likely to make the most judicious use of artificial intelligence, or does deploying AI lead to more forward-looking companies? It seems to work both ways, a recent survey of 2,197 executives and managers published by MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group, shows. Managers and executives with forward-thinking organizations are in the right frame of mind to make the most of AI -- and, in turn, AI is opening new vistas for new ways of thinking to achieve innovation and growth. The fact that software or algorithms can shift cultural values is a bold statement, one that is often proved wrong. But the MIT-BCG study finds in many cases, AI and culture are reinforcing each other, potentially moving things in a positive direction.