Your team is already using AI you don't know about.

About the episode

New research on thousands of professionals found something leaders don’t want to hear: 53% of individuals say they’re already deep into using AI, while only 25% think their own organization has caught up. Mike Kaput joins Rachel Truair to push that gap down one level, past the industry stat, into the team a leader thinks they know. Mike explains why the real barrier is uneven training rather than the tools themselves, makes the case that most knowledge workers aren’t ready for the shift from chat to agentic AI, and shares the one question he’d ask any team to find out what’s actually happening. The question underneath it all: how sure are you that you already know what your team would say?

From the conversation

• Why 53% of individuals say they’re already in advanced stages of AI adoption, while only 25% think their organization is
• Why the gap comes down to uneven training and access, not a lack of desire to use AI
• What’s actually different about agentic AI tools, and why most knowledge workers aren’t ready for that shift
• Whether the future favors specialized, vertical AI tools or the big frontier models everyone already has
• The one question Mike recommends every leader ask their team to find out the truth about how they’re using AI