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15% -- share of cmos considered ai savvy by ceos for CMOs (2025)

2025  · Gartner

Only 15% of CMOs are considered to be AI-savvy by their own CEOs.

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15%
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2025
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CMOs
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https://report.thedrum.com/salesforce-the-a-shaped-cmo/challenge ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Challenge - Salesforce A-shaped CMO Ungated
AI inertia: the cost of chaos CMOs have not only embraced generative and predictive AI – they’re driving it into their organization. And, when it comes to agentic AI, they recognize its potential to unlock true leadership autonomy. But only one in 10 have adopted agentic AI. Why? Because of confiden…
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Gartner 2025 CEO survey, cited by Salesforce

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CMOs: 15% share of cmos considered ai savvy by ceos. Source: Gartner (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cmos-ai-savvy-ceos-gartner-2025
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