Why 48% of Your Employees Are Hiding Their AI Use From You | Human-Centered AI Leadership| AI for Executives
According to the Henley Business School, 48% of employees are hiding their AI use from their employers.
This is not a technology problem. It is a trust problem rooted in nervous system science.
When employees do not feel psychologically safe enough to be transparent about their tool use, they go underground.
Sahar Andrade, MB.BCh, Forbes Coaches Council member, host of AI Cafe Conversations (Top 2% globally), and Neuroleadership consultant unpacks the neuroscience behind why employees go underground with AI and why most executive responses make the problem worse. She explains the Shadow AI trust gap and what executives can do to close it before it becomes a $670,000 liability.
Nearly half of your employees are hiding their AI use from you. Not because they are dishonest. Because they do not feel safe being transparent.
This is Shadow AI and according to the Henley Business School, IBM, Cybernews, and UpGuard research, it is costing organizations $670,000 more per breach than sanctioned AI, with 75% of users sharing sensitive organizational data.
In this Forbes article-like Edition episode: The real statistics behind Shadow AI use. Why 25% of employees trust AI more than their manager. The FAIR and CARES approach to closing the trust gap.
And two concrete actions you can take in the next 90 days.
Shadow AI Assessment (5 min, free): saharandrade.com/assessments/2148598163
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• Why are employees hiding their AI use from their employers?
• What is Shadow AI and why does it happen in organizations?
• What does it cost a company when employees use unapproved AI tools?
• Why do employees trust AI more than their managers?
• How can executives close the Shadow AI trust gap?
• What is the neuroscience behind why employees go underground with AI?
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