Employees are bringing their own AI tools to work and companies are scrambling to catch up

Employees are adopting AI on their own terms, leaving companies to deal with the risks after the fact.

When ChatGPT went viral, leadership teams rushed to understand it, but their employees had already beat them to the chase. Workers were already experimenting with AI tools behind the scenes, using them to summarize notes, automate tasks, and hit performance goals with limited resources. What started as a productivity shortcut has evolved into a new workplace norm.