Leading Through the Uncanny Valley: AI Won’t Save You—But Humanity Might
AI won’t replace leaders, it’ll expose the ones pretending. If your leadership playbook still runs on quarterly targets, you’ve already lost because your next challenge won’t be automation. It’ll be staying human.
As generative AI becomes embedded across every function, leadership is no longer about controlling inputs but navigating complexity with clarity, empathy, and adaptability.
There are four tectonic shifts: From efficiency to meaning-making; from one-off prompts to fluid human-AI collaboration; from rigid policies to resilient values; and from machine logic to emotional intelligence.
- Hallucinations aren’t glitches—they’re creative prompts
- AI swarms demand conversational leadership
- Empathy, curiosity, and humility are the new power skills
The age of intelligence is not about who leads the machines, it’s about who can lead alongside them. The uncanny valley of AI-led management isn’t a tech problem, it’s a human one. Can you lead through paradox and possibility?
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