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How a Big Company Taught 20, 000 People About AI
Des Moines, USASaturday, November 22, 2025
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Leadership Training
- CEO Strable initiated AI training with top leaders.
- Leaders initially questioned the need but understood its importance for company-wide AI adoption.
AI Literacy Program
- Four courses under 10 hours each.
- Topics: AI basics, prompt writing, data training for AI models.
- 82% of 20,000 employees have taken at least one course.
- 39% have completed all four courses.
- Advanced training planned for 2026.
Business Goals
- AI to support top three goals:
- Selling more retirement and insurance services to small and mid-sized businesses.
- Attracting more global clients.
- Increasing demand for individual retirement services.
AI Tools in Use
- Generative AI assistant: Summarizing, drafting emails.
- Usage grew from 800 to 14,000 with 8,000 regular users.
- Enterprise ChatGPT, AI coding assistants, HR AI agents.
AI Ambassadors
- 700 ambassadors across departments.
- Help colleagues with AI-related queries.
Employee Engagement
- C-suite shares monthly AI usage examples.
- Conversations have become more engaging over time.
Impact on Job Security
- AI aims to increase productivity, not eliminate jobs.
- Strable believes AI will enhance customer service without needing more hires.
Usage Statistics
- Other companies:
- 14% use generative AI daily.
- 45% never used it in the past year.
- 6% use AI agents daily.
- 57% never used AI agents.
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