Neurodivergent managers often remain invisible to the company. The conventional leadership model increases their costs Research involving 416 leaders in the US and UK shows that 41 percent of neurodivergent professionals had told no one at work about their neurodivergence, and fewer…
Chipotle adds a step between employee and manager. Future leaders are expected to learn directly on the job Flattening corporate hierarchies is not the only route to more efficient…
A global company cannot manage everything from headquarters. The board must decide where local decision-making takes priority Multinational companies operate in an environment that is simultaneously…
Avoiding conflict preserves calm only in the short term. Over time, it raises costs and weakens trust in the manager A manager may postpone an uncomfortable conversation in an effort to…
AI can already recommend firing an employee. But responsibility cannot be hidden behind an algorithm’s decision An AI system can monitor attendance, allocate shifts or recommend personnel…
During rapid company growth, culture does not break down because of headcount but because of the growing distance from leadership Growth adds departments, management layers and communication…
AI can flatten the corporate hierarchy. At the same time, it can remove the work on which future managers learned to make decisions When AI systems take over data gathering, report preparation and part of…
AI can crowd important context out of decision-making. People then supervise the system less than they realize Combining human judgment with AI does not automatically produce better…
CEOs are focusing less on one dominant risk and more on the company's ability to respond to persistent uncertainty Rising costs were the top concern of CEOs in the Inc. 5000 survey for three…
The office-work debate is settling around hybrid models, but companies have different operational reasons for using them Business leaders have not converged on either full office attendance or…
Delegating work to AI requires the same discipline as delegating to people, plus risk-based controls AI use in companies is moving from simple text generation toward analysis…
AI saves time on individual tasks, but companies often fill it immediately with more work Faster analysis, summaries and communication can raise output, but they can…
Leaders who protect their position from every risk may miss problems until they are no longer easy to fix Mature organizations create approval processes that reduce mistakes, but…
