Very Interesting Research and a Global Overview of AI from IDC and Microsoft
Reported by Michael J Griffin
4 minute read
This week’s ELAvate sales blog is a departure from normal. I thought I would share with you two overviews on the spread and impact of AI across the world. You have probably garnered that you as a sales manager or salesperson need to upskill yourself on using AI to up your personal productivity and for sales and marketing research purposes.
The first infographic I want to share is the usage of different AI platforms across the world. You can clearly see that ChatGPT is the winner in overall usage.
Image credit - Ranked: The Most Popular AI Tools By Niccolo Conte (visualcapitalist.com)
ChatGPT and Microsoft have a strong partnership that has led to the development of “Co-pilot” for use across Microsoft platforms including their MS Dynamics and CRM. My second choice for AI is Google’s Bard. Running questions or content through ChatGPT and Bard can give you different content and answers that can assist your productivity and research. You may want to research the other AI platforms in the infographic so explore how they support your productivity.
IDC has produced a very interesting report called “The Business Opportunity of AI” by Ritu Jyoti and Dave Schubmehl that spells out how leading organizations around the world are using AI to drive impact across every industry. This informative report clearly heralds the “Age of AI” is upon all of us and ignoring it is at your own competitive peril. You may download the this very informative report here.
The second research article is from Microsoft entitled “AI Use Cases for Business Leaders: Realise Value with AI.” Microsoft outlines cases of where AI has made a real tangible economic impact on businesses studied by Forrester Consulting. You can also download this study here.
My questions for you and your sales organization are:
How are you personally upskilling yourself to employ AI to increase your productivity?
What are you doing to build an AI learning road map for your sales organization?
What development plans do you have for your salespeople to use AI tools to increase revenue and competitiveness in 2024?
How will you incorporate AI tools into your market research, CRM and sales enablement strategies and processes?
Enjoy your weekend reviewing and ruminating on this AI research and global insights. If you want to bounce or discuss AI ideas for sales productivity, please email me at michael.griffin@elavateglobal.com
Michael J Griffin
ELAvate Founder and CEO
Learner of AI for Sales Success