Why 48% of Your Employees Are Hiding Their AI Use From You | Human-Centered AI Leadership| AI for Executives

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Send us Fan Mail According to the Henley Business School, 48% of employees are hiding their AI use from their employers. T his 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.