Executives, Decision-Makers, and Colleagues
If you think AI is something you can leave to your tech team, you're wrong. It’s a tool of instant learning that puts the world’s data at your feet.
When the Gutenberg press came, it changed how people learned. When the microprocessor came, it changed how people worked. AI is doing the same. It changes how you learn, how you think, and how fast you turn ideas into action.
It Expands Your Imagination
AI expands your imagination. It turns what once seemed impossible into what can be done today and enables high-velocity execution.
Take preventative maintenance as an example: companies are now imagining systems that track repair response times and send preventative signals to avoid accidents and fatalities. They're imagining this capability. They haven't built it yet, but they're planning how to reduce the time from when a repair is needed to when the crew arrives. I’m seeing this across industries. AI is expanding the cognition of executives, helping them imagine faster, plan faster, and execute faster.
But it’s not just about improving operations. It’s about sensing opportunities that didn’t exist before. Jeff Bezos did that. His Wall Street training helped him imagine something audacious; delivering any book, anywhere, in days. He had the imagination, built the foundation, and saw results from day one. He combined imagination with structured execution, built the right foundation and Amazon saw 2300% growth in its early years. Even though that wasn’t AI, it was the internet era’s equivalent: a technology shift that created entirely new ways to serve customers.
The public is only now waking up to AI. But the theory has been here for decades.
Leadership Must Evolve
Leaders must now be coaches. You can no longer lead with instinct alone, you must lead with data. That means you must up-skill.
Block two hours a week to learn where AI is going. Use these sessions to run your business scenarios through GenAI tools. Learn how to prompt. Analyse customer trends. Reimagine a sales pitch. Reshape your organization structure.
Then turn learning into action. Set up learning squads across functions. Ask each leader to bring one AI use case from their function to the table. Discuss, test, refine. Make this a habit, not a one-off.
This is how talent multiplies. When leaders model curiosity, teams follow. When they model execution, culture shifts. GenAI is putting data and analysis in your hands, but you must learn to use it to sharpen judgment, expand your mind, and drive execution without delay.
Start Today
Start by identifying one area in your business where AI can make a significant impact. Is it customer experience? Operations? Risk management? Begin with that and set up a plan to integrate AI tools and capabilities.
The transformation imperative is clear: Master AI or risk being mastered by it.
