by Hunter Feybusch
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by Hunter Feybusch
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– Research published by Economist magazine
– Over 600+ senior executives were interviewed
– reveals a widening gap between AI ambition and workforce readiness
– highlights how the disconnect between strategy and execution is preventing organizations from capturing AI’s
full potential
– 88% of senior executives view AI as a source of competitive advantage
– 4% have successfully translated AI initiatives into repeatable, scalable business value
– 79% of senior executives assess AI success through productivity metrics
far fewer track long-term outcomes such as employee engagement, skills development, or
retention
– In U.S. only 10% are likely to report enforced AI governance frameworks
– 96% of executives rate cybersecurity as essential to AI deployment
o only 20% believe their teams are proficient
– 99% report having some approach to developing AI skills, but most rely on informal methods
– 95% rank critical thinking and creativity as equally important as technical expertise
o 32% believe employees currently excel in these areas
– 49% say managers hold minimal responsibility for developing AI skills
o 8% report no responsibility at all
– Man in his 20s was arrested and sentenced to 2 years in prison in South Korea – Convicted of using a color MFP to make twenty 50,000 won banknotes Counterfeit bills used at convenience stores and restaurants
– Cyber Insider magazine published article about last week’s Pwn2Own hacking convention in Dublin, Ireland – Part of the event was a contest challenging hackers to compromise different brands of MFPs that were on stage – The following MFPs were successfully hacked, and prize money paid out: – Canon imageFORCE 1643F – Brother MFC-L8970cdw – […]
– Research published by Reliable Business Insights – Projected CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 14.6% – Global market valued at $22.1 billion – MPS market growth driven by: o shift in demand from ownership to outcome-based solutions moving away from the capital-intensive model of buying and maintaining a fleet of printers to an […]
– Research report published by IEEE Xplore – Analyzed reliability of more than 400,000 hard disk drives from a variety of manufacturers – Includes Hitachi, Seagate, Toshiba, Western Digital, etc. – Toshiba hard disk drives between 50 and 100 months old, had a failure rate of up to 6 of 1,000 drives per month o […]
