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Leadership buys licenses for everyone, tracks who logs in daily, counts training completions, and celebrates when the numbers look good. Then they wonder why nothing's actually changing.

Here's the problem: high usage doesn't mean much if people are just using AI to rewrite emails they could've written themselves in the same amount of time. That's waste with better UX, not transformation.

The companies getting AI adoption right are measuring something different. They track what people actually do with AI, how it's changing their workflows, and whether business outcomes are improving. They look at use case quality alongside frequency. They notice when the gap between self-reported skills and actual usage starts closing.

Real adoption shows up in specific ways. Usage climbs steadily instead of spiking and fading. People discover new applications without being told. AI Champions become active and their teams show measurably higher adoption. Work gets done faster or better in ways that actually matter.

The full post breaks down the specific metrics that reveal genuine adoption, from engagement through integration to business impact. We cover what to track, how to build measurement systems that don't become burdens, and the common traps that make companies think they're succeeding when they're really just checking boxes.

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