29/07/2026 · 4 níveis
Síntese original a partir de 3 fontes:bcg.com · resources.rework.com · forbes.com
O resumo
Big companies want to use AI at work. Today the CEO usually decides how to use it. Before, other managers decided. Many companies do not save money yet. Some leaders feel worried about their jobs. But these companies hired more office workers, not fewer.
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I ___ 30 years old.
Idade em inglês usa o verbo be: I am 30. "I have 30 years" é tradução literal do português.
She ___ like coffee.
Com he, she e it, a negativa do presente é doesn't.
I ___ with you.
Agree já é verbo: I agree. Não existe "I am agree".
People ___ worried about the changes.
People é plural em inglês: people are.
Yesterday I didn't ___ to the office.
Depois de didn't, o verbo volta para a forma base: didn't go.
It depends ___ the client.
Em inglês é depend on, não "depend of".
Can I ___ a question?
Pergunta se faz com ask: ask a question.
After work, I go ___.
Home não leva to depois de go: go home.
This office is ___ than the old one.
Adjetivos curtos fazem o comparativo com -er: bigger, cheaper, faster.
Can you ___ the plan?
Explain pede to antes da pessoa: explain it to me.
Last week, we ___ a new client.
Last week pede o passado: got.
I have worked here ___ three years.
For + período (three years); since + ponto de partida (2023).
The summary
Most large companies are investing heavily in AI, and in most of them the CEO now leads that decision — about twice as many as last year. Boards are pushing hard, and many CEOs say the pressure is faster than their teams can handle. So far the savings are smaller than planned: around four in ten companies saved less than they targeted. Even so, most are increasing their budgets. One surprise: at the companies that adopted AI fastest, the number of office jobs went up, not down.
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I ___ here since 2020.
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We need to ___ the budget.
Discuss takes a direct object: discuss the budget, not "discuss about".
I'm going to ___ the meeting tomorrow.
Attend means to be present at. Assist means to help (false friend with "assistir").
___, I work in the finance team.
Currently means "atualmente". Actually means "na verdade" (false friend).
We ___ to open a new office next year.
Intend means "pretender". Pretend means "fingir" (false friend).
Thanks for the ___.
Information is uncountable: no plural -s. Say "a piece of information" for one item.
I look forward to ___ from you.
In look forward to, "to" is a preposition, so the verb takes -ing.
If I ___ time, I'll call you.
In first conditional sentences, the if-clause uses the present: if I have time.
I ___ the train and arrived late.
You miss a train, a meeting or a deadline. Lose is for objects or games.
I have a ___ about the contract.
When you want to ask something, say "I have a question". "Doubt" means you are not sure something is true.
She's ___ for the new project.
Responsible is an adjective: she is responsible for. "The responsible" is not used as a noun.
We ___ a lot of mistakes at the beginning.
Mistakes collocate with make: make a mistake.
The summary
Artificial intelligence has moved from the IT department to the boardroom. In a survey of more than 1,250 executives, 72% of CEOs said they are now the lead decision-maker on AI — roughly double the share reported a year earlier. Boards are pressing for speed: six in ten CEOs say their board is moving faster than the organisation is ready for, and half believe their own position is at risk if AI fails to deliver. The financial evidence is thinner than the enthusiasm. Around 40% of the companies that measured cost savings came in below 10%, well short of the 11–20% they had targeted, and yet nine in ten are raising their budgets anyway. A separate study of nearly 22,000 firms found that white-collar headcount actually grew at the fastest adopters.
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I ___ here for two years now.
For an ongoing situation up to now, use the present perfect (continuous): I have been working here for two years.
___ the delay, the launch went well.
Despite has no "of". Use despite + noun, or in spite of + noun.
She suggested ___ the meeting.
Suggest is followed by -ing or by a that-clause: she suggested postponing / that we postpone.
We meet the board only ___.
Occasionally means "de vez em quando". Eventually means "no fim, finalmente".
Would you mind ___ me the report?
Would you mind is followed by the -ing form.
The meeting was postponed ___ next week.
Postpone until / to a new time. "For" would describe a length of time.
I'm used to ___ late on Fridays.
Be used to (accustomed to) takes -ing. Used to + base form is for past habits.
Who is responsible ___ the budget?
Responsible for, not "responsible of".
He gave me some useful ___.
Advice is uncountable. For one item, say "a piece of advice".
___, the costs are higher than expected.
The fixed expression is on the other hand.
I'd rather ___ the call tomorrow.
Would rather is followed by the base form, without to.
The team worked really ___ this quarter.
Hard is both adjective and adverb. Hardly means "quase não".
The summary
Responsibility for artificial intelligence has migrated from the technology function to the chief executive's desk. Across a survey of more than 1,250 executives, 72% of CEOs now describe themselves as the lead decision-maker on AI, roughly twice the proportion recorded a year earlier — and half concede that their own tenure depends on making it pay. The pressure is not entirely self-imposed: 61% report boards advancing transformation faster than organisational readiness allows. Yet the returns remain stubbornly elusive. Some 40% of the firms that measured cost savings landed below 10%, against a target of 11–20%, and roughly nine in ten are expanding budgets regardless. The most counterintuitive finding concerns headcount: among the highest-intensity adopters, white-collar employment rose by 10.2% over two years, which suggests the binding constraint is not the technology but the capacity of people and processes to absorb it.
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The number of complaints ___ risen sharply.
"The number of" takes a singular verb ("a number of" takes a plural one).
Not only ___ costs, we also improved quality.
After a fronted negative such as not only, the subject and auxiliary invert: not only did we cut.
It's high time we ___ a decision.
It's high time is followed by a past form with present meaning.
I wish you ___ me earlier.
For regrets about the past, wish + past perfect: I wish you had told me.
___ you need anything else, let me know.
Should + subject is a formal conditional: should you need anything. "In case of" is followed by a noun.
We made ___ mistakes this time.
Fewer for countable nouns (mistakes), less for uncountable ones (time, money).
We will proceed ___ the outcome of the vote.
Before a noun, use regardless of.
We look forward to ___ you in São Paulo.
Look forward to + -ing, also in formal emails.
The project ___ the resources to expand.
The verb lack takes a direct object. "Lack of" is only the noun: a lack of resources.
I'd recommend ___ the contract before signing.
Recommend is followed by -ing or a that-clause, not by to + infinitive.
Had I known about the risk, I ___ the deal.
An inverted third conditional (had I known) needs would have + past participle.
Hardly had the meeting started ___ the CEO left.
Hardly ... when (no sooner ... than). Mixing them is a common slip.