Self Leadership and
The New Leadership Playbook
Blog by Andrew Bryant

While executives obsess over the latest AI tools and automation strategies, they're missing the real challenge of our technological moment. The question isn't whether artificial intelligence will transform work, it's whether leaders will rise to harness that transformation for human flourishing rather than human replacement.

This is the central premise of "Potentialize," already identified as a groundbreaking leadership book that dares to ask: What if the AI revolution could become the greatest opportunity in history to unlock human potential?

The Problem Most Leaders Are Solving Wrong

Companies everywhere are implementing AI with a narrow focus on efficiency gains and cost reduction. They automate customer service, streamline operations, and eliminate routine tasks. But this approach treats humans and machines as competitors rather than collaborators, creating workplaces where people feel increasingly irrelevant.

The result? Organizations gain short-term efficiency while losing lo...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff of Science Fiction; it's here and here to stay. Many, including myself, wonder how humans will adapt and thrive alongside increasingly capable and pervasive AI systems. To explore this question, I recently had a fascinating conversation with Brooks Cole, an AI, marketing, and human consciousness expert.

Cole argues that to reach our full potential in the age of AI, rather than fear or remain ignorant, we should lean in and embrace it. 

"People are going to need to step up and become more human and more wise and more compassionate in order to be able to be equal to the task of managing this level of intellectual power that the AI represents."

This aligns closely with my work on self-leadership - the idea that we must lead ourselves before we can effectively lead others. Cole suggests that AI could actually enhance our ability to practice self-leadership:

"AI can help us do that. It can help us be more wise and go inside and b

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