AI:ROI Insights
A Section Blog

Why you can’t get your AI automations to work

How should your business use generative AI?
Learn how to implement generative AI at your business, depending on your customer readiness, stakeholder buy-in, and data access.

How Squishmallows became the top-selling toy of 2022
What do Lady Gaga, Warren Buffett, and your eight-year-old nephew have in common? They all collect Squishmallows.
But if you’re not a collector, you might be scratching your head and thinking, “Why are these run-of-the-mill stuffed animals so popular?”
In this post, we dive into how the viral brand was able to break $100M in sales with a great marketing strategy (using lessons from Scott Galloway, Marcus Collins, and more).

5 insights on learning from Section's Annual Outcomes Report
We surveyed your employees on the blockers that stand in the way of learning. Read our post to learn how to engage them in learning and prove the ROI of your programs.

Why did HBO Max rebrand to Max? 4 insights
The internet responded to the HBO Max rebrand with an overwhelming, "Why?" So we dug in to find out the strategy behind their confusing move.

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.

SMB leaders have an AI adoption problem
In public, they’re touting AI proficiency. In private, they’re not sure what generative AI even is.

How to use AI microapps without compromising security
AI can now code you a custom ready-to-deploy application in sub-10 minutes, just by prompting it. Machine & Partners’ Edmundo Ortega walked us through the huge opportunity of these microapps – and the huge risks.




