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Leadership in the AI age
Deepseek’s democratization of artificial intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on leadership for businesses of all sizes.
The much-anticipated Sputnik moment in AI came via a powerful engine built at a very low cost. In the coming months, we will witness the rollout of sophisticated AI platforms that businesses—big or small—can leverage.
The way businesses operate will change forever. Workflows will be streamlined like never before. These bots will help make processes hyper-efficient and hasten the decision-making tree.
Similarly, workspaces and organizational hierarchies will look very different. Human staff, whether remote or on-site, will have AI as their co-workers. The C-suite and middle managers will have to expertly navigate this new workforce of humans and bots.
The AI-Human collaboration
Postmodern leadership will require experts in AI and people management. It’s more than just knowing what should be automated and what tasks humans can do better than bots. It’s also about developing a harmonious system that leverages the strengths of both parties.
AI can be available 24/7, can parse and analyze large amounts of data within seconds, and is easily scalable. It can do wonders for businesses if it’s given a very tight prompt and can be a great tool for decision-making. Bots may even make these critical decisions themselves as they become more sophisticated.
However, AI is too logical and could overlook critical nuances of business decisions, such as empathy or the volatile socio-economic conditions of the milieu. It lacks creativity and will settle for solutions based on data.
Visionaries
Decisions aren’t always logical. Some are based on intuition, which numbers or charts can’t explain. Corporations that have gotten ahead of the curve have made high-risk decisions and reaped lucrative rewards. Others have fallen flat on their face but willingly accepted the challenge of getting back up.
This places a premium on human skills such as critical thinking, communication, creativity, leadership, and adaptability. Corporations need people who are experienced, confident, and headstrong and won’t just say yes to whatever bots spew.
In other words, businesses need visionary leaders who constantly seek growth opportunities in the industry. Their left foot is in the present and occupied with the firm’s short-term objectives. Meanwhile, their right foot is in the future, thinking about how the business world will look with AI and beyond.
In this day and age, this is a person who has accepted AI’s fastidiousness as the perfect complement to human resilience. The true postmodern leader knows how to get the best out of their fellow humans and computers.
The question for your business
How are you maximizing the contributions of humans and AI?
