A survey of chief executives asked how they were using generative AI outside the formal enterprise rollout. The answers showed a more personal, practical side of adoption.
The editorial task was to make a varied set of responses legible without flattening the differences between them. The resulting summary grouped examples by the jobs people were asking AI to do, from planning travel to sharpening communication and exploring unfamiliar subjects.
What emerged
Travel and daily logistics were common entry points. Executives also described using AI to draft or refine writing, prepare speeches, investigate unfamiliar topics, and pressure-test ideas. Some explored fitness and personal data. Together, the themes showed AI moving from occasional search substitute toward an everyday thought partner.
The editorial approach
The summary organized open-ended answers into clear themes, led with the strongest pattern, and used plain language to show what each use case meant in practice. This made a qualitative survey easier to scan and more useful to an executive audience.
My role
As Managing Director of Content Strategy and Communications at World 50 Group, I led narrative development and editorial quality across member surveys and executive communications. This sample illustrates the synthesis and audience focus central to that work.
Privacy note: Selected details have been redacted to protect the privacy of senior executive respondents. This portfolio version summarizes themes and does not reproduce individual responses or the source document.