A CMO Confidential Interview with Mike Kaput, the Chief Content Officer at SmarterX and Marketing AI Institute and co-host of "The Artificial Intelligence Show."

Mike shares research across 2000 companies regarding AI adoption and highlights the gap between what companies say they are doing and what is happening, the fact that only 25% of companies have achieved "scaling" status, and how larger companies can be slowed by complexity.

Key topics include:

- Why training and education represent the biggest obstacle to progress

- Why you should measure "tool usage"

- Why job clarity is important for agents.

Tune in to hear about rising AI pessimism and building yourself a "second brain."

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⏱️ Chapters

01:12 – Intro: Meet Mike Kaput & AI topic overview

02:37 – State of AI report: how the data was gathered

05:53 – Key insight: people vs organizations gap

06:43 – What scaling AI actually looks like

08:06 – Pilot phase reality across companies

10:11 – AI hype vs real adoption

13:02 – The “say vs do” gap in execution

14:15 – AI literacy is the #1 barrier

16:13 – How to assess AI maturity (individual & company)

20:06 – Biggest mistake: tools without training

23:20 – AI agents, risks, and what’s next

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