OpenAI just released its first productivity report, based on real-world deployments of AI tools across consulting firms, government agencies, legal teams, and more. The results? Proof that AI isn’t just speeding up tasks, it’s fundamentally shifting how work stuff done.

• Consulting: AI made consultants 25% faster, completing 12% more tasks with 40% higher quality. The biggest gains? Lower performers, up 43%.
• Legal services: Productivity jumped 34% to 140%, especially in complex work like persuasive writing and legal analysis.
• Government: Pennsylvania state workers saved 95 minutes per day, a full workday back every week, by using AI tools.
• Education: U.S. K–12 teachers using AI saved nearly 6 hours per week, the equivalent of six extra teaching weeks a year.
• Customer service: Call center agents became 14% more productive, with junior staff seeing the biggest gains.
• Marketing: Content creators using AI saved 11+ hours per week on copy, ideas, and assets.

These aren’t just stats. They’re signals that AI doesn’t just help people work faster. We’re entering a moment where tools do more than help, they amplify.

AI can take a D player and make them a B. What it does for your A and B players. It turns them into 10x or 100x power houses. Not just faster, but more scalable, and more consistent.

In my book The AI Evolution, I talk about this movement as a shift to Vibe Teams. Small, AI-augmented groups that pair human strategy with agentic execution. They’re cross-functional. They move fast. They scale without headcount. And they don’t just adopt AI, they build with it.

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