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IT leaders now manage an average of 12 AI tools, which is a 2.4x increase in just the last three years. And yet 89% of AI usage inside large organizations is effectively invisible, suggesting many of these tools aren’t procured, monitored, or measured properly.

According to the IDC Annual Collaboration Study 2025, 72% of organizations report that “agentic AI functionality is key to collaborative application purchases,” yet uncertainty remains around how to ground it in real workflows and decisions.¹ At Miro, we believe AI performs best when it operates inside shared, integrated collaboration systems — not as a standalone tool. This is part of a broader shift in how work happens.

It’s time for the 2025 Miroverse wrap-up! Thank you for making last year truly amazing, with nearly 2,000 new expert frameworks designed to get great things done and 1,000 new Creators joining our vibrant community! We’re also proud to have launched 430 new templates in November and December, capping off an extraordinary year on a fantastic note! Thinking about publishing your first template? Submit today to share your frameworks with over 100M users around the world.

The new year always comes with big plans. Q1 goals. Project kick-offs. Strategy sessions that make anything feel possible. But turning all that energy into momentum? That takes all hands on deck. You’ve got to get everyone on the same page and actually involved in the conversation. Our January updates are built for exactly that.

According to research from the University of North Carolina, 71% of managers consider meetings unproductive. But the problem isn’t just calendar bloat. The sessions that should drive impact — all-hands that build culture, training that develops skills, retrospectives that spark improvement — often feel like one-way presentations where most people tune out.

MING Labs is a global venture builder and corporate innovation company that partners with organizations to discover new growth opportunities through design. Operating across multiple continents, the firm specializes in taking clients from high-level goals and initial ideas to market-ready solutions and first revenue, navigating the complex terrain of stakeholder alignment, customer discovery, and rapid prototyping.

For too long, security teams have been positioned as the gatekeepers who assess what everyone else builds — always evaluating risk, rarely driving innovation. This reactive stance has consequences: When security is seen as a blocker rather than an enabler, businesses find workarounds, and critical controls are implemented too late, if at all. The question is, ‘Will AI be different?‘

When iconic Swiss bag designer FREITAG wanted to update its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, they turned to Smart System Guild — a Miro Partner specializing in transformation projects. The result? Across 15 workshops with 40 FREITAG experts, the team captured requirements and built full system specs in Miro, delivering a replacement system months ahead of schedule. The method?