Offered by Mike H.

Joined June 2024

Leading Teams in the Era of AI: Crucial people skills for the coming decade

I spent more than two decades as a leadership educator--five years as Executive Director for the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, as well as VP of Programs at American Leadership Forum. After helping launch the core leadership curriculum in the Stanford MBA Program and developing popular Exec Ed programs, I realized post-COVID that the leadership tools we were using felt stale. I began exploring the impact of technology (AI) on leadership and teams, and developed a course at Stanford called 'Leading Teams in the Era of AI.' That was the beginning of a quest to understand how AI is impacting teamwork, management, and culture in organizations, and to develop protocols that leaders can use to regain a sense of strategic control. Think change management for times when technological change keeps accelerating. While I've developed software with AI and built AI-enabled platforms (e.g. mbai.app), my focus here is centered on the human element of 'building with AI.' How can we best work with others when it's tempting to just delegate to 'agents'? And when these agents proliferate, how do we navigate the tradeoffs so our human colleagues don't lose their sense of agency? To the extent I focus on AI technology itself, it's primarily ways that LLMs can be tools for interpersonal and managerial effectiveness, rather than engines of technical innovation, productivity, or cost-savings. I focus on the impact AI is having on people management and leadership strategy. If this resonates for you, let's talk!