AI Alone Won't See Companies Succeed: Leadership Will

AI isn't a strategy; it's an enabler, and its success depends on CEOs to provide vision, drive the organizational change, engage the right stakeholders and ensure that AI gets deployed responsibly and effectively.

Artificial intelligence is transforming business, but the companies that win in the new era won't necessarily be those with the best technologies; they'll be the ones with the best leadership. CEOs must provide vision, must drive the organizational change, must engage the right stakeholders and must ensure that AI gets deployed responsibly and effectively. AI isn't a strategy; it's an enabler, and its success depends on human leadership.

AI already outperforms humans in productivity, data analysis and predictive capabilities. However, as Wharton School professor Ethan Mollick puts it, AI exists within a "jagged frontier," excelling in some areas while struggling in others. It lacks human judgment, moral reasoning and strategic foresight. The emergence