The AI Vibe Shift: 80% Feel More Productive, Only 37% of Firms See Profit Impact
beglen · x · 2026-09-05
The author describes a 'vibe shift' in how serious people talk about AI at work. The old playbook—buy licences, run hackathons, train everyone, hunt use cases, wire workflows, then hope—mostly failed to show results. Citing McKinsey's latest finding that 80% of people say AI tools made them personally more productive while only 37% of companies can point to any profit impact, the piece argues the enterprise AI adoption narrative is turning over.
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