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It's time to turn AI anxiety into agency

Beyond fear, beyond imagining How to embrace AI's infinite possibilities for economic value creation, while shaping a future worth living in • As AI masters tasks once reserved for highly skilled professionals, workforce anxiety – and resistance - is rising. To ensure the technology generates lasting value and people aren't left behind, leaders must foster genuine cognitive collaboration between humans and machines. José Parra Moyano provides a framework and C-suite checklist to realize the true potential of the human-AI partnership

Filling the AI skills gap

Swarovski's crystal-clear case for putting people first

AI transformation: vital questions for the C-suite

AI may write the recipe, but only we can taste the food • AI can optimize processes, but true leadership requires human judgment, says Shelley Zalis

How a structured workflow can rein in AI's rogue agents • AI ‘agents’ are racing headlong into enterprise software, from finance to legal. Mariia Bulycheva and Karl Schmedders recommend restraint and defined workflows

Hybrid AI workflows: a checklist for CFOs

What Big AI's growing footprint means for leaders

Will the AI revolution be democratized? It's a long trek, but possible • While there are good reasons to fear a dystopian future, the open-source origins of the computer industry offer hope, suggests an unusually optimistic Jerry Davis

The gold standard How Kirsty Coventry is redefining leadership at the IOC • A year into her tenure as IOC President, Kirsty Coventry speaks to David Bach about the case for a radical reset, and what elite sport teaches leaders about the necessity of failure and the fast track to improvement

How to close the great divide in a rewired world • As trust fractures and AI reshapes society, new research reveals a widening gap between elite confidence and public resentment. Judgment, authenticity, and compelling storytelling will help leaders navigate the new reality, says Christine Graeff

LEGO built too much complexity, this is how we got back on track • CEO Niels B Christiansen tells Jean-François Manzoni how he streamlined the leadership and targeted adult customers to re-energize the toy giant

15 leading questions • Valentina Ficaio CFO of the Adecco Group

BEAT THE BACKLASH A cohesive vision for the future of D&I • In an era of political polarization, organizations can no longer afford to engage in ‘performative’ inclusion. Luca Condosta offers four essential ways to build strategic cohesion to avoid virtue signaling and drive performance

The perfect power couple? When the board needs an executive chair • A valuable source of stability and leadership capacity, or a governance model that blurs accountability and boxes in the CEO? Hans-Christoph Hirt and Roger Barker explore the benefits and pitfalls of the executive chair

Tighten up or stay loose? Knowing when to evolve is vital for survival • To renew the organization, leaders must master the evolutionary transition between cost control and...