AI:ROI Insights
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Why you can’t get your AI automations to work

The new “super leader” has different skills
Today's leaders have a new problem ahead of them: How to transform their businesses into "supercompanies" by fundamentally rethinking the work they do every day.

Why you can’t get your AI automations to work
If you’ve ever tried and failed to automate a seemingly straightforward workflow, it’s likely not on you. Machine & Partners’ Edmundo Ortega is breaking down how our legacy systems hold us back, and how that’s already changing.

The 4 priority strategies for every marketer in Q1
This week, we heard from 8 marketing experts from companies like Estee Lauder, HubSpot, and Zapier on THE AI strategies that need to be in every CMO’s 2026 plan. Our own Head of Marketing, Rachel Fields, is sharing the 4 tactics on her own to-do list.

85% of workers don’t use AI for business value
Our latest AI proficiency research was released this week – and if you’re leading a team through AI transformation, you’re going to want to keep reading.

How a Bayer CFO is thinking about AI ROI
Your CFO will want to see your plan for proving ROI before they greenlight your AI initiatives. But what we learned from Bayer CFO, Florian Zirnstein, is that not all CFOs need to see hard numbers to measure success.

Benchmarking Section’s AI Proficiency
We've talked a lot about the AI proficiency of the broader workforce - but is Section even walking the walk? We ran our own AI Proficiency Survey internally - here's how we did it, what we learned, and how we're measuring ROI.

Squishy vs. hard ROI: Why leaders need both
One of the hardest parts of AI ROI is figuring out how to report qualitative wins to execs who want quantitative reports. At our AI:ROI Conference, Michael Domanic shared the framework for approaching these two disparate kinds of ROI.

AI’s progress may be holding your team back
On paper, the rapid release of new AI models and features looks like a win for knowledge workers. In reality, teams are drowning in AI overwhelm. Here’s how leaders can help them scale an ever-steeper learning curve.






