How Supply Chain Leaders Become AI Translators and Get Promoted

Turn your unofficial ChatGPT habit into the skill that makes you indispensable to the C-suite

Global Supply Chain Council and Casey Tremblay

Feb 12, 2026

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Your secret AI habit is becoming a career risk.

Two years ago, pasting demand forecasts into ChatGPT made you look like a genius. Your reports got sharper. Your analysis came faster. Leadership noticed the results, even if they didn’t ask how you achieved them.

That window is closing.

IBM’s latest breach report links Shadow AI to an extra $670,000 in costs when incidents occur. Not the AI itself, but the unmonitored, invisible way employees use it. Security teams have no audit trail. Legal has no compliance record. When a supplier data leak happens, “I didn’t know” stops being a defense.

Supply chain is particularly exposed. You handle supplier contracts, pricing data, logistics schedules, and customer information daily. Every unsanctioned AI query is a potential leak waiting to happen.

This isn’t about AI being dangerous. It’s about AI being invisible.

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A guest post by

Casey Tremblay

Casey Tremblay is a senior analyst at Optiva with a deep focus on supply chain and sustainability. With extensive experience in analyzing market trends on supply chain optimization, Casey brings a wealth of knowledge.