How is AI being used in your business?
Use this employee survey to find out.
Your company’s AI strategy is not just about your tech stack, your data, or whether you’ve tried ChatGPT.
True AI-readiness is about understanding how prepared your people are: what tools they’re already using (often without telling IT), who your hidden innovators are, and where the gaps and risks really lie.
That’s why I’ve created this AI-usage survey: a simple but powerful way to uncover:
How AI is already being used within your organisation (yes, it’s already there)
Who your early adopters and AI champions are
Where the greatest opportunities lie for productivity, innovation and value creation
What risks may be quietly building - ethics, security, shadow tech
And most importantly: whether your team feels confident navigating the change
Many organisations are flying blind. They either assume they’re behind (so they panic and buy tools without a strategy), or assume they’re ahead (because someone ran a chatbot workshop once). Both are dangerous.
This survey is not about performance scoring. It’s about creating a shared understanding of where you are - and where you could be - so that you can build out your AI adoption strategy, focusing on the things that matter most.
If you're leading innovation, digital transformation, operations or talent this will help you get clarity fast.
The survey:
AI & Me: A Quick Team Check-In
Hi!
We’re looking into how AI could help us work smarter - and we’d love your honest input. This quick, anonymous survey will take less than 10 minutes and help shape [company name’s] AI approach going forward. No wrong answers, just insight. Thanks in advance!
Section 1: Getting a feel for it
Q1. Which of these best describes you right now when it comes to AI? (Multiple Choice – single answer)
I use it all the time and feel confident
I’ve experimented with it a bit
I’ve heard of it, but haven’t really tried
I’m not sure what counts as AI
I avoid it on purpose
Q2. What AI tools (if any) have you used in the past 6 months? (Checkboxes – multiple choice)
ChatGPT or another chatbot
Grammarly or spell/grammar helpers
AI image tools (like DALL·E or Midjourney)
AI video/audio tools
Automated transcription (Otter, Zoom AI, etc.)
Search/summarisation tools
None
Other (Short text)
Q3. Where do you use AI tools most? (Multiple Choice – single answer)
At work
In my personal life
Both
Not at all
Section 2: AI at work
Q4. Have you ever used AI to help with any part of your job?
Yes, regularly
Occasionally
I’ve tried it but not sure if it helped
Not yet
Q5. What tasks do you think AI could help with in your role?
(Paragraph text)
Q6. What worries (if any) do you have about using AI at work? (Checkboxes – multiple choice)
I might get something wrong using AI
I don’t want to get in trouble for using it
I’m not sure what’s allowed or ethical
It feels like it might replace parts of my role
I don’t understand it enough
No worries, I’m good
Other (Short text)
Q7. What excites you most about AI at work?
(Paragraph text)
Section 3: Confidence & learning
Q8. How confident do you feel using AI tools? (Linear scale 1–5)
1 = Not confident at all
5 = Super confident
Q9. If we offered training or workshops on using AI at work, would you be interested?
Yes, definitely
Maybe, depends on the format
No thanks
Q10. What would you want to learn about?
(Paragraph text, add placeholder like: "e.g. time-saving tricks, writing help, task automation...")
Section 4: Big picture
Q11. Where do you think AI could make the biggest positive impact in our business?
(Paragraph text)
Q12. Anything else you’d like to say, suggest, or ask about AI at work?
(Paragraph text)
📩 Sample Email / Intro Message
Here’s a short, friendly note small business owners can send to their teams when sharing the survey:
Subject: Quick (anonymous) AI survey – help us shape our strategy
Hey team 👋
We’re exploring how AI could help us work smarter, faster, and maybe even have a bit more fun. But before we make any big decisions, we want to know where you’re at with it.
This quick anonymous survey (less than 10 mins!) will help us understand how you’re using AI (or not), where you might need support, and what ideas you already have. There are no wrong answers, and it’s completely confidential.
👉 [Insert link to Google Form or Typeform here]
Thanks so much - we’ll share what we learn, and we’re hoping to build a few learning and testing sessions around what you tell us.
Cheers,
[Your name or team name]