WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MAKE YOU A BETTER LEADER?

Consider this real-life scene. Reflecting on the difficult moments of his week, the new CEO of a UK manufacturer felt angry. His attention kept going back to the tension in several executive team meetings. He had an urge to shake the team and push several of its members, who were riven by old confli...

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Published inAccountancy SA pp. 34 - 35
Main Authors Bourton, Sam, Lavoie, Johanne, Vogel, Tiffany
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Johannesburg South African Institute of Chartered Accountants 01.07.2018
Subjects
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Chief executive officers
Collaboration
Data analysis
Design
Designers
Leadership
Product development
Stress
Uncertainty
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Consider this real-life scene. Reflecting on the difficult moments of his week, the new CEO of a UK manufacturer felt angry. His attention kept going back to the tension in several executive team meetings. He had an urge to shake the team and push several of its members, who were riven by old conflicts, to stop fighting and start collaborating to solve the company's real problems. He also sensed, though, that a brute force approach was unlikely to get very far or to yield the creative insights that the company desperately needed to keep up with its fast-changing competitive environment. Instead, he calmed himself, stopped blaming his team, and asked himself whether he could break the logjam by pursuing truly new approaches to the company's problems. Like many leaders, the CEO was struggling to cope with the stress induced by uncertainty, rising. AI can be a huge help to the leader who's trying to become more inwardly agile and foster creative approaches to transformation. complexity, and rapid change.
ISSN:0258-7254