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AI Adoption Tracker in the US – AI4SP
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The Two Percent: The AI Leaders You Already Have
We looked at how 180,000 AI users and found every organization has 2% who mastered AI on their own. How to find and empower them?
Why 56% Get Zero Value from AI While Others Realize Millions
56% get zero AI ROI. The winners? They build differently. Learn the ‘bottom-up’ secret and calculate your true value with our free ROI tool.
Stop Treating AI Like Google: Why 90% get it wrong
Are you treating AI like a search engine? Discover the 3 AI literacy gaps holding you back and learn why confident answers often mean wrong.
What I Learned from Building 4,000 AI Agents in 2025
Top-down AI failed in 2025. I share the lessons from building 4,000 AI agents that drove $50M in value, and the new rules for work in 2026.
The Steve Jobs Gap – Imagination vs. Features
We don’t need GPT-6; we need a Steve Jobs to inspire us. Waiting for the next model is killing your ROI, and a ‘Maker’ mindset unlocks value
Our AI Agents aren’t lazy, our Org Charts are
AI projects fail because of organizational design, not the tech. Learn how to channel “Shadow AI” and restructure your teams to get results.
AI Hallucinations: Why It’s Not (Just) a Tech Problem
Why do AI systems “hallucinate”? It’s not a tech flaw. Learn the 3 human errors that cause AI hallucinations and how to mitigate them
Why only 2% of AI users save 100s of hours (and you are not)?
Go from AI user to AI maker. Learn to build your first AI teammate and gain the competitive edge 98% of professionals are missing.
3,000 Hours Saved with Ada – AI’s Double-Edged Sword
How AI Agent Ada saved 3,000 hours and what the cost was—a practical blueprint for leaders on AI’s double-edged sword.
AI Agents Ate the Desktop — Why Work Now Starts in AI
800M people start work in ChatGPT, not in productivity suites. The desktop era ends as work becomes conversation
Gen Z’s AI Whiplash: Banned at School, Essential at Work
Gen Z is discouraged from using AI at school, yet proficiency in AI is required to get a job. Our 7,000-person research shares insights…
Minutes to Money: The 95% AI ROI Headline Everyone Got Wrong
MIT says 95% of enterprise AI fails, but 80% of workers report gains. Why the disconnect? We unpack the AI revolution happening bottom-up.
We save time with AI—where does it go?
The same AI time savings tell two stories: in large enterprises, they go to rest and risk reduction; in SMBs, they go to growth.
How AI productivity wins create management nightmares
AI productivity gains turn into management challenges. Teachers save 6 weeks/year, but sharing agents become a new workload for creators
Why Fortune 500 AI Strategies Fail While ChatGPT Soars
80% of enterprises see zero ROI from AI, while ChatGPT reaches 800M users. Why grassroots AI adoption succeeds where Fortune 500 fails?
Why AI Should Say ‘I’m Not Sure’ — And How That Builds Trust
Why admitting ‘I don’t know’ builds trust in AI. AI4SP research shows transparency doubles user engagement—but 99% of tools hide uncertainty.
The Unsupervised Agent Myth & the New Rules of AI Management
The myth of the unsupervised AI agent is holding companies back. Learn why AI needs management—and how the best teams are scaling it right.
AI’s Real Threat: It’s Not Just Your Job, It’s Your Judgment
100,000 global assessments show that 70% of us can’t identify misinformation, while 35% of entry-level jobs are displaced. We’re unprepared…
Why the Service Sector Could Be AI’s Biggest Winner
How service businesses will leverage AI for unprecedented growth and why local economies and service providers are the surprising winners in the AI revolution
Talent Acquisition in the AI Age: It’s Not Hiring, It’s M&A
Is hiring evolving in the age of AI? Leading organizations don’t hire individuals but create a mini-M&A revolution in talent acquisition.
Building Your AI Workforce? Think Less, Do More
Why successful AI teams start with doing, not planning 🚀. Real-world examples show 40-200% productivity boosts from prompt mastery to full AI automation.
Stop Installing AI – Train It as Your Apprentice and get 4x Results
Discover why onboarding AI like a team member—not installing it like software—boosts results 4x. Learn the apprenticeship approach that cuts training time in half and drives 80% success rates.
AI Productivity Leaks: Rethinking ROI in Hybrid Workforces
🐳 AI productivity leaks are changing the game for hybrid workforces. Find out why traditional ROI metrics no longer tell the full story.
AI ROI: Measure What Matters
📈 Learn why 70% of executives struggle with AI ROI and how leaders achieve high ROI by building hybrid teams and measuring what matters.
Shadow AI: Why Employees Are Building an AI Economy You Can’t See – AI in 60 Seconds
Shadow AI: 👤 How employees build an invisible AI economy, the risks involved, and how to transform shadow adoption into guided innovation
Agentic AI: Orchestrating Your Digital Workforce – AI in 60 Seconds
Agentic AI early days 🤖 How organizations evolve from managing AI assistants to orchestrating hybrid teams of humans and AI agents.
The Great AI Pivot: From Promises to Profits – AI in 60 Seconds
💰 ️Innovators focus on AI that solves practical problems, while early adopters of AI learn to manage a hybrid workforce of humans and AI.
AI Success in 2025: Skills Matter and IT is the New HR – AI in 60 Seconds
The winners of 2025 won’t be the ones with the biggest AI budgets. They’ll be the ones who realize that IT is evolving into something entirely new: Virtual Worker Resources (VWR).
How 40,000 People Started Their AI Journey in 2024
In 2024, our Digital Skills Compass™ 🧭 helped 40,000 people across 25 countries find their path forward in the AI revolution.
2024: The Year of Generative AI – From hype to impact – AI in 60 Seconds
⭐️ 2024 Highlights: The Year of Generative AI in Action and the Revolution Ahead- From hype to impact. AI4SP year recap.