
Building the Five Foundations of AI Value With Mobile Mentor
What happens when employees begin using AI before their organization has prepared the data, training, controls and measurement required to support them? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, returning guest Denis O'Shea, CEO of Mobile Mentor, joins me to discuss the 2026 Endpoint Ecosystem Study. The research surveyed 2,500 workers across the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia to understand how employees experience their devices, applications, sign-in processes, support systems and workplace AI. The findings show a gap between access and useful adoption. According to the study figures discussed in our conversation, only 29 percent...
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What happens when employees adopt AI faster than their company can train, support or protect them? Well, today I have returning guest, Denis O'Shea, CEO of Mobile Mentor and friend of the show.
He's going to be joining me to discuss findings from the 2026 Endpoint Ecosystem Study and also share some lessons from his company's own AI rollout. And I always like to give everyone this thing valuable take away. So we're going to talk about the five foundations that he developed from the mistakes that
he made and why Gen Z can be both an AI adoption engine and a source of shadow AI and why data agents and spending now absolutely demand management's attention. And on that note, please join me in welcoming back friend of the show, Danny Sosay, as I reintroduce you to him now.
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