Here’s what I’ve moved our organization toward: a five-stage set of AI adoption maturity benchmarks. It’s a practical framework for understanding where employee development, decision-making and business value intersect. Some roles and functions may only ever reach Stage 1 or 2, while others should be fast-tracked to Stage 5. A vague ChatGPT prompt returns a well-formatted mess of paragraphs. Before moving to Stage 2, your team needs to develop the instinct to ask, “How do I know this is true?”