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Why Are We Still Begging Chad for Screenshots in the AI Analytics Era?

Why Are We Still Begging Chad for Screenshots in the AI Analytics Era?

What remains unsaid about dashboards, decision-making, and why teams still struggle in Slack.

Glenda Carnate
July 25, 2025

Read time: 3 minutes

The year is 2025.
Your company just dropped a small fortune on AI-powered dashboards, real-time insights, and “smart” analytics tools.

The sales pitch?
No more manual reports. No more guesswork.
Just clean, automated, data-backed brilliance!

But back in reality?
Your Slack is still full of:
🔹 "Can someone send me the updated Excel?"
🔹 "Where’s the latest version?"
🔹 "Chad, just screenshot it and DM me."

Sound familiar? You’re not alone. You’re just in Stage 2 of the AI Hangover.

The Great AI Illusion: Fancy Tools ≠ Smarter Decisions

AI promised a fix. But we got:

✅ Pretty but unused dashboards.

✅ Insights... sometimes off base.

✅ Teams still guessing, not trusting tools.

Let’s be brutally honest:
AI doesn’t make decisions... people do.
And if your culture still runs on “ask Chad” instead of “check the dashboard,” even the most advanced AI won’t save you.

What Everyone Overlooks: It’s Not the Tech—It’s the Team.

Here’s what no sales demo will tell you:
🔴 AI ≠ Instant Wisdom – Garbage in = garbage out. Still true.
🔴 Dashboards ≠ Decisions – If no one trusts them, they’re just expensive wall art.
🔴 Data tools ≠ Buy-In – If your team doesn’t use them, you just built a very shiny PDF.

The biggest roadblock?
Culture. Habits. Mindset.
Not code. Not complexity.

Your Takeaway: Don’t Just Adopt AI; Change How Your Team Thinks!

Before you chase your next innovative analytics platform, ask yourself:
👉 Are we actually using the tools we already have?
👉 Do our decisions come from dashboards—or DMs and hallway chats?
👉 Is our “data-driven” culture still driven by Chad’s screenshots?

If the answer is yes…
It’s not a tech upgrade you need.
It’s a mindset shift.

📊 AI Analytics in 2025: Fast Facts!

43% of orgs now use AI analytics in production.
56% aim to improve decision-making, over cost or efficiency.
Yet only 8% of employees use advanced analytics tools.
24% plan to triple adoption in the next 12 months.
Top blocker: inaccurate AI answers.
Compliance now beats cost as the biggest challenge.
Adoption is expanding across execs, IT, finance, and customer support... not just data teams.

Source: State of AI + BI Analytics Global 2025 Report (StrategySoftware.com)

This Is Your Wake-Up Call!

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