Many teams are already using AI tools informally - the real opportunity lies in uncovering this “Shadow AI” and turning it into a strategic advantage across your organisation.
AI adoption is happening all around us - often in places you don’t expect.
If you walk through any modern office, you’ll find individuals quietly experimenting with AI tools like ChatGPT, automating workflows, or speeding up research. This informal use of AI - what some call “Shadow AI” - is growing fast.
At New Icon, we see this every day. Teams are already playing with AI, but most organisations aren’t yet harnessing this experimentation at scale.
Our CSO, Mark recently highlighted how valuable these small, informal uses of AI can be:
“Look at how your team is using ChatGPT and the like to automate their workflows, and then take some of those learnings and automate it with them.”
The real opportunity? Capturing those pockets of AI usage and turning them into company-wide advantages.
Without a clear strategy, these informal AI experiments risk being isolated “one-offs” that don’t move the needle broadly.
But with the right approach, you can turn this quiet activity into a coordinated force for efficiency and innovation.
The challenge is identifying where Shadow AI is already happening - and how to support and scale it effectively.
At New Icon, we help organisations capture this hidden potential with our Team AI Usage Audit - a light-touch consultation designed to:
Don’t wait for AI adoption to come only from the top down.
Your teams are already experimenting - it’s time to listen, learn, and lead.
Book a Team AI Usage Audit and start unlocking AI’s full potential, together.
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