A new Fortune AIQ survey of 119 business leaders published September 2025 reveals a striking contradiction: 99% use AI chatbots regularly, 90% are satisfied with results, but 98% refuse to trust these tools with important decisions. That gap between daily reliance and deep skepticism tells you everything about where we actually are with Gen AI adoption.

Chad unpacks three patterns from the data that matter for middle market leaders. First, high-frequency, low-stakes usage has become standard as 82% of leaders use AI multiple times daily for research, drafting, and brainstorming. Second, the accuracy challenge remains real. Only 77% trust Gen AI outputs with human oversight. Third, leaders want task-focused tools that show transparency, behave consistently, and integrate with existing workflows - not digital colleagues with personality quirks.

If your team is already using AI like it's email but you're still treating it like an experimental project, this episode gives you three concrete moves: audit your shadow IT reality, define validation checkpoints for decision-critical work, and optimize tool selection for what leaders actually want.

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