Riskonnect, a risk management software company based in Kennesaw, Georgia, published its 2026 New Generation of Risk Report with findings on how organizations prepare employees for artificial intelligence. The global survey drew more than 250 risk, compliance, and resilience professionals, according to a Metro Atlanta CEO report published November 6, 2026.
Of the risk leaders surveyed, 46% said their organizations have trained employees to judge which AI outputs to trust or challenge. Another 66% said they have trained employees on AI oversight rules, responsibilities, and defined roles, and 35% have trained staff to interpret and act on AI-driven insights. Only 17% said they feel very prepared to manage AI and AI governance risks.
Company-wide briefings reach fewer organizations. Thirty-five percent of respondents have trained or briefed the entire company on generative AI risks, and 18% have done so for agentic AI risks. Among companies considering agentic AI, 58% have not assessed its risks.
Policy coverage has expanded. Seventy-two percent of respondents said they have a policy governing employee AI use, up from 58% a year earlier, and 54% said they have clear policies on which AI tools can be used and how.
AI is also entering risk teams' own workflows. Seventy-four percent of respondents currently use or plan to use AI for risk management, compared with 70% in 2025 and 62% in 2024. The leading uses are assessing risks (37%), scenario planning and simulations (34%), and surfacing previously unconsidered risks (32%). Thirty-one percent said AI helped uncover gaps or weaknesses in internal processes or controls over the past 12 months.
Riskonnect CEO Jim Wetekamp said an AI policy sets the rules and training gives employees the practical knowledge to apply them.
Source: Metro Atlanta CEO - https://metroatlantaceo.com/news/2026/11/less-half-companies-have-trained-employees-how-evaluate-ai-outputs-new-riskonnect-research-finds/