What do a heated fantasy football trade and the future of workplace productivity have in common? This past weekend, after 28 years of playful competition, a fellow fantasy football league veteran responded to my offer for NFL MVP Lamar Jackson not with emotion or stat-spouting, but with a ChatGPT-crafted counterargument so on-point it deflated my pitch on the spot. That moment offered an entertaining, and reassuring glimpse into our reality: generative AI is transforming decisions and interactions, both personal and professional.
AI in Everyday Life
From drafting trade reviews in fantasy leagues to shaping boardroom presentations, generative AI has seeped into every corner of our daily lives. Its power to synthesize information and offer clever, actionable insights is changing the game for everyone—sometimes in ways that are visible (like shutting down a football trade) and often quietly, behind the scenes.
But here’s the pivot: what works for individuals is not enough for enterprises. Consumer tools deliver novelty, but in a business environment, novelty without governance and context quickly becomes noise.
From Consumer Tools to Enterprise Intelligence
This is where platforms like Glean stand apart. Glean is not “just enterprise search.” It is an AI-powered intelligence layer that brings generative capabilities directly into the flow of work, while ensuring security and compliance.
- Permission integrity: Glean mirrors the access controls of existing systems (SharePoint, Jira, CRM, chat). Employees only see what they’re cleared to see.
- Knowledge graph: It ties people, content, and context together so answers are specific to your organization, not generic.
- AI agents: Configurable with no-code/low-code, they let business users automate summaries, comparisons, and roll-ups—without losing governance.
That distinction, AI that respects enterprise systems and permissions, is what separates a fun experiment from a true business solution.
Turning Knowledge Chaos into Clarity
Every leader knows the reality: knowledge is scattered across chat threads, shared drives, tickets, and project trackers. Employees spend hours chasing files or retracing conversations. Generative AI layered on top of this chaos can either amplify confusion—or, if designed for the enterprise, bring clarity.
Glean unifies this knowledge and applies AI intelligence across it, so the result isn’t just answers, but contextual insights delivered securely and instantly. The impact:
- Faster answers → shorter project cycles.
- Smarter recommendations → fewer mistakes and rework.
- Consistent access to institutional knowledge → faster onboarding, stronger continuity.
Instead of simply helping individuals, Glean amplifies the organization’s collective intelligence.
Why Leaders Should Care
Generative AI is everywhere, but without governance, it risks becoming chaos at scale. By embedding AI in a way that is contextual, permission-aware, and enterprise-ready, Glean transforms scattered experiments into durable business advantage.
This is about more than efficiency. It’s about building a workplace where leaders and teams spend less time chasing information and more time applying judgment, creativity, and strategy.
Looking Ahead
As organizations continue experimenting with generative AI, one question stands out: how can businesses harness this momentum securely and at scale?
That’s exactly what we’ll explore in our next article, where we dive deeper into how Glean answers this challenge—delivering intelligence, search, and analytics without trading away data safety.
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