AI Monitor. Where your company really stands on AI.
Teklens publishes the AI Monitor – in collaboration with ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Six validated dimensions, an evidence-based picture of your starting position.
Where companies stand today
First results from the ongoing survey – ahead of the full report arriving in autumn 2026. 162 responses, six dimensions. Filter by industry, size, role or region – and see where the gaps open up.
What the data says
One line runs through the data: the people are ready, the organisations aren't. Staff embrace AI – acceptance scores 4.0 of 5, just 6% push back – but the structure around them lags. Most reach for quick efficiency wins over real change, and many who call themselves EU AI Act compliant have little governance to show for it. German-speaking Switzerland trails the international field. Here are the six findings that stood out most.
Teams already use AI everywhere – that side scores 66 of 100. But the groundwork beneath it (clean data, integration, governance, the ability to adapt) sits at 50. People moved faster than their organisations could follow.
87% of people get AI tools from their employer. Yet 6 in 10 also reach for personal ones – free apps or subscriptions they pay for themselves. A lot of AI touches company work with no oversight, no security review, no audit trail.
Ask the top of the house how AI-ready they are and you get 54 of 100. Ask the people doing the daily work and you get 42. The view from the corner office is a full 12 points sunnier – and it's usually the floor that's closer to the truth.
Companies are strong on what stays put: skilled people, culture, leadership (60 of 100). They're weak on what keeps moving: adapting processes, working with partners, keeping up with regulation (44). Building maturity once is easier than changing again and again.
Leaders say the right things: backing for AI scores 3.6 of 5. But once it's about real budget, people and a clear plan, it slips to 3.3. Encouragement is free; resourcing is where intent gets tested.
When several people from one company answer, their scores land about 30 points apart. Colleagues a desk away disagree sharply on how ready they are. Most organisations simply have no shared picture of where they stand.
Basis: 162 valid responses (106 with demographic attribution), AI Monitor 2026 – published by Teklens, in collaboration with ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen. Values are self-assessments normalised to 0–100. Industry, size and role are grouped into readable clusters (weighted mean).
Quantitatively measured. Differentiated by organisational level.
Standardised self-assessments, triangulated across organisational levels (CxO/Board vs. VP). Scored per dimension and per company, plus a variance analysis that surfaces perception gaps.
Who runs the AI Monitor
Published by Teklens, in collaboration with the research partners University of St. Gallen (HSG) and ETH Zurich.
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