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What Top Performers Do Differently with AI—and Why They See the Biggest Benefits

AI isn’t simply automating tasks; it’s also providing a disproportionate lift to individuals and organizations that build systems around people’s strengths.  

While AI broadly helps workers, the largest benefits seem to be reaped by top performers, at least in leading-edge AI adopting firms. Why is that? The short answer is that while AI saves time, it also allows top performers to augment what they’re good at. Here’s what that looks like.

by Christopher Stanton, et al.

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