Where small organizations stand.
Where small organizations actually stand with AI, laid out on a spectrum of five stations from not yet using it to redesigning the work, with a figure placed only where a survey we trust measures that station. It reads the four big U.S. surveys together and explains why every station is a fine place to board from.
Who it's forOwners and leaders who want an honest read of where their peers are, before deciding where to start.
What's inside.
8 pages, in 5 parts.
- 01
Five stations, one coastline.
The adoption spectrum, the figure at each station, and why the headline numbers for any use at all run from 19.8% to 58%.
- 02
The stations, one by one.
Not yet using it, trying it alone, a few tools in the team, built into how the work runs, and redesigning the work, each with its evidence.
- 03
What the surveys agree on.
The four surveys side by side: who answered, what they measured, and why size, depth, direction and wording move the number.
- 04
Every station is a fine place to board from.
What starting at each station looks like, and why nobody reaches the last one by skipping the earlier ones.
- 05
Sources.
Nine numbered sources, with the exact figures used from each and the date they were checked.
What you take away.
The paper in four lines. The PDF has the rest.
- 01
Most small employers are still at the start of the spectrum: not yet using AI, or experimenting.
- 02
People reach AI before their organizations do, and much of that use runs on personal accounts.
- 03
Only 7% of AI-using small firms call their use fully integrated; redesign is described, not measured.
- 04
The spectrum is a map, not a grade. Start where your team stands today.
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