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๐Ÿšจ The Reality of #AI Adoption ๐Ÿšจ In the single digits and inflated still!!! "Shadow use . . ."

  • 1.  ๐Ÿšจ The Reality of #AI Adoption ๐Ÿšจ In the single digits and inflated still!!! "Shadow use . . ."

    Posted 08-14-2025 09:25 AM

    ๐Ÿšจ The Reality of #AI Adoption ๐Ÿšจ

    โžก๏ธ Still in the single digits and inflated still!

    ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ โ€œ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐๐จ๐ฐโ€ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž. ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ.

    ๐Ÿ’ก Example: โœ… Use Microsoft? You โ€œuseโ€ AI. โœ… Sage? AI. โœ… HubSpot? AI. โœ… Salesforce? AI.

    ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก? ๐Ÿค”

    ๐ŸคTagging my thought leaders ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ‘‰

    LinkedIn ๐Ÿ’ผ IMA | Institute of Management Accountants ๐Ÿ“Š Florence-Darlington Technical College ๐ŸŽ“ U.S. Small Business Administration ๐Ÿ›

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    Ilya Ilienko, dual MBA, CPA, CMA
    Board Member / Director
    East Coast - United States
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