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Rise of the robo-advisor: UK leaders overwhelmingly turning to AI for business mentorship in the absence of human mentors
The research was based on a poll of 300 business leaders in the UK. It also revealed that a significant 90 % of business leaders believe there is a mentorship gap in the UK, driving swathes to turn to AI for support. However, despite business leaders’ increasing reliance on GenAI tools, the vast majority lack training, and the study uncovers an enormous appetite for greater guidance on leveraging the technology.
Research from The Adaptavist Group exposes a disconnect between AI reliance and training, as half of UK leaders admit they are not confident in their self-taught AI skills.
Four out of five( 80 %) business leaders have used GenAI as a business mentor at least once, and a quarter( 26 %) use it for mentorship on a daily basis.
The research shows that business leaders are now using AI more frequently than a human for mentorship. In fact, just 16 % turn to a person for business advice on a daily basis, which came in at 10 % less than those who use GenAI. Reflecting on the human element, a third( 32 %) said they had only received human mentorship once or twice in total, and a further 26 % said they had only received such mentorship a handful of times( three or more).
Beyond the interpersonal implications of these findings, AI is also having an overwhelmingly positive impact on business success. According to respondents, 59 % said AI has improved operations and 35 % said it has already helped their business to grow. Looking forward, 62 % still see AI as a worthwhile investment and a significant 82 % said it will help them to further accelerate business growth.
French Tennis Federation chooses Keepit for independent backup of Microsoft data
Keepit, a global provider of a cloud backup and recovery platform, has been selected by the French Tennis Federation( FFT) to independently back up its Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID and Power BI data.
Keen to strengthen the resilience of its digital environments, the French Tennis Federation chose a sovereign backup solution, independent of major global cloud providers.
It chose Keepit, a Danish company that controls its entire hosting chain by operating its own cloud and data centres, across Europe, and in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US. Keepit’ s architecture, which guarantees uninterrupted access to data even in the event of third-party provider failure, fully met the FFT’ s requirements of security, independence and business continuity.
“ Until three years ago, we had no backup solution for our cloud environments. My objective was clear: to identify a European service provider guaranteeing maximum independence”, said Franck Labat, Technical Director at FFT.“ Beyond this initial requirement, Keepit was able to meet additional needs that we hadn’ t anticipated: centralised, traceable archiving of PST files, unified management of all our data via a single platform, and more recently, seamless integration of our directory as part of our complete migration to Entra ID.”
The French Tennis Federation, headquartered at Roland-Garros stadium, organises, co-ordinates and promotes tennis for over 8,000 clubs throughout France.
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