AI For Your Daily Work Community

September 2026 Survey

AI is already inside your company. Trust has not caught up.

+50 senior leaders from the AI For Your Daily Work community told us, in a survey, where they really stand with AI adoption.

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Who we asked

A senior sample spanning company extremes.

Frame your content around decisions, operating models and change — not prompting basics alone.

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work at either 1–10 person companies or organizations with 1,000+ employees

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are managers, directors, VPs, founders or C-suite

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Finding 01

AI use is universal.

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already uses at least one AI tool

Claude0%

Other tools0%

ChatGPT0%

Gemini0%

Perplexity0%

Multi-select: tool percentages do not sum to 100%.

51% already use more than one tool. Copilot rides in hidden inside "other" — real-world adoption via Microsoft 365 bundling, not deliberate choice.

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Finding 02

Trust hasn't caught up.

Privacy comfort splits almost perfectly three ways.

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Low comfort

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Moderate

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High comfort

Comfort remains fragile — even among professionals already using AI tools every day.

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Finding 03

Cost isn't the barrier. Teams don't trust AI yet.

Trust in accuracy0%

Skills or training0%

Data privacy / security0%

Cost0%

No internal policy0%

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of barrier mentions point to trust or skills — nearly 5x more than cost

Companies aren't stuck because AI is expensive. They're stuck because they don't trust the output, or don't know how to use it well.

What this means

Adoption isn't blocked by access or budget.
It's blocked by confidence.

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tool access — everyone already uses at least one AI tool

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sit in leadership roles

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feel comfortable or very comfortable with AI and privacy

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of barrier mentions are trust or skills, not cost

Where this leaves you

Your team has the tools and the seniority. What's missing is safe, repeatable practice.

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Cristina Peñaloza Morales

AI & Marketing Strategist · Academic Director, IE Business School · Author, When AI Joins The Marketing Team