Leadership Lounge | Ep. 13 - Unleashing AI’s potential: Are you ready to lead the charge?

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September 11, 2024 | 18 min
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We share how leaders can navigate the ever-evolving and complex AI landscape.

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Leadership Lounge | Ep. 13
Unleashing AI’s potential: Are you ready to lead the charge?

In the last year, AI has moved from a boardroom buzzword to a business imperative.

But, while some leaders have sprinted ahead in their AI adoption, others remain at the starting line.

So, what skills are important to help you unleash the potential of AI? Why is AI a leadership issue? And how do you overcome barriers that might be preventing you from acting?

In this episode of Leadership Lounge, we talk to some of our trusted advisors—Dana Landis, Tuck Rickards, and Dan Cullen—who share their perspectives on:

  • Why every leader must lean into AI—not just the tech department.

  • The key reason why most tech transformations fail.

  • The benefits and risks that AI poses for leaders.

 

 

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To succeed in AI, you need to have an appetite for continuous learning and experimentation. You need to be comfortable admitting that you don’t know it all.”

Emma Combe
Leadership Advisor, Russell Reynolds Associates.

 

 

Four things you’ll learn from this episode

  1. AI transformation is more about humans than technology. It takes proper stewardship, and it takes time.
  2. AI isn’t a solo endeavor. Everyone in an organization is accountable for AI and it’s progress.
  3. It’s critical leaders give their teams the breathing space from their day-to-day deliverables to experiment. 
  4. You don’t need to be fluent in AI. But you do need to have a base level of understanding to succeed. And that goes for your entire organization.

 


 

In this 18-minute episode, we will cover:

(5.02) The importance of having time and space to try and fail.

(6.41) How to rally your organization on the change management journey.

(8.00) How we measure whether you have transformation-ready leaders at the helm.

(10.24) The productivity benefits AI can offer organizations.

(14.23) What’s preventing leaders from acting on AI?

(15.23) Why leaders need to adopt the 30% rule.

 

A closer look at the research from this episode:

 

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