MIT And WalkMe Show Why CHROs Own The 2026 Agentic AI Payoff

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The Day One CHRO Summit took place in Silicon Valley.
WalkMe released its 2026 State of Digital Adoption report this month.
77% of workers gave up on their company's AI tools last month and went back to manual work.
54% of executives say adoption is their number one AI challenge.
Employees lose an average of 7.9 hours a week to software friction, or 51 working days a year.



