Everyone’s using AI now.
We use it to draft emails, frame out contracts, identify plants, translate to English, tailor resumes, develop code, write marketing copy, analyze data, TL;DR stuff, plan dinners, build spreadsheets, and find analogies. Or, at least, that’s how I use it. But I suspect you and your colleagues are similar.
And we’re getting pretty good at it. I mean, who even “Googles” things anymore?
AI is an amazing personal helper. A power saw rather than a hand saw. Personal automation.
But companies? We’ve hit a plateau.
Small business adoption is stalling. Mid-size companies are backing off. Enterprises are stuck in pilot mode — testing, pausing, hesitating.
Why?
Because personal use is simple.
Organizational use is messy. Hard to grasp. Is AI another worker or is it still a tool?
It affects systems, roles, trust, and risk. It requires change. It requires forward-thinking. It requires trying stuff that might not work.
Most leaders haven’t figured out how to cross that chasm.
But that’s the opportunity.
Right now, AI work is mostly a side hustle. Quiet. Individual.
That’s not transformation. That’s personal productivity (although that is a worthy goal for workers themselves).
If you’re the leader who can figure out how to build AI into your operations, not just your inbox, you can win.
And then the magic happens — you can free up your people to do the work that actually matters.
Because AI isn’t the goal. It’s the amplifier. It’s the power saw.
We want to use AI — not work for it.
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