How to Lead and Reskill in the Age of AI

How will AI affect businesses and employees? It’s the million-dollar question, and according to Harvard Business School’s Raffaella Sadun, the answer will depend on how well an organization connects the new technologies to both a broad corporate vision and individual employee growth.
One without the other is a recipe for job elimination and fewer new opportunities for all. Luckily, she points out, we are early in our AI journey, and nothing is predetermined. Smart leaders don’t need to understand every technicality of AI. But they do need to identify the best use cases for their specific business and communicate a clear strategy for reskilling their teams.
For this episode of our video series “The New World of Work”, HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius sat down with Sadun, who wrote the HBR article, “Reskilling in the Age of AI” (hbr.org/2023/09/reskilling-in..., to discuss:
• How leaders should use GenAI to augment their own decision making, without entrusting it to make the actual decisions.
• Even in the age of AI, the top management skills will be a mixture of technical (“hard”) and social (“soft”) skills. Those who excel will comprehend their organization’s complexity while communicating a clear vision to all employees.
• Handling change management when everyone is uncertain about the future and regular employees are especially fearful.
This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, Adi will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live - and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: hbr.org/my-library/preference....
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[@johleonhardt5637]

More more more plz and can you get some in to talk about strategies on how to convince C level Executives to adopt AI driven upskilling programs as well as innovation ai strategies and long term thinking on adopting a quantum strategy especially for finance organisation?

[@griffinina]

Agree! No machine can only replace human up to a certain point. It is a support system, not an answer to all the problem in life.

[@isalutfi]

Thank you for sharing. 💙

[@user-hq4ix6ff3u]

Such a powerful conversation. Thank you !

[@MoritzFischer]

Thank you for this video. Very interesting: Very good questions and very insightful answers. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@bayou__]

love it

[@andreyosuasitumorang3172]

that Totti jersey catch my eye.

[@strategicentrepreneur8006]

No Doubt to some extenet it will eliminate some of the jobs (those having very minor tasks) but will create a loaded platform for carrying out business in the new age and its ease of doing. For Reskilling and Adoption only training and assistance isn't enough, it requires a change in the culture and creating a new culture of AI at the Place of Adoption.

[@whatthehead]

That professor is knowledage. She is also a fan of Totti.

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

Nothing substantive said here. All MBA speak.

[@user-lc9bm8uv3k]

Beautiful woman salute her

[@superaisor]

Fantastic insights from Raffaella Sadun. I particularly resonated with the emphasis on connecting AI technologies to a broader corporate vision and individual employee growth. We've been exploring the same topic on our channel, and it's reassuring to see big thinkers like Sadun advocating for this balanced approach.🌐

[@msalam9224]

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[@arifulislamleeton]

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[@jonr6680]

Acceleration will be the primary effect. As if technology hasn't made corporate life frantic enough. AI will demand people work faster to keep up, to use the new tools, to evolve process and method as fast as the production itself. In a world that converts hours into dollars, every minute saved is a cent of profit. Failing to see a timesaving trick will mean losing a contract or worse. When the technology trickles down to globalized economies, the USA and Europe will be outpriced instantly and eventually become white collar ghettos as all technology business will be cheaper in Vietnam, Malaysia, etc etc. We are sowing the seeds of our destruction.

[@mingmingo449]

Is she really saying anything at all? Big words with no actual point. ---- speaking as someone working with both ML/DL and business.

[@pussyeater69]

In summary: It depends...