The authors of
the new book, More Human, state there are three primary ways that AI (Artificial
Intelligence) can transform how we think about leadership:
- It can save us
time so we can focus on creating more-human experiences for employees. - It can enable
us to create ultra-personalized leadership. - It can help us
elevate our “humanness” toward becoming better leaders.
In their book, Rasmus
Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter delve deeper into each of these
benefits.
“This book was
written to help you, and your peers navigate the process of becoming AI-augmented
leaders,” say the Hougaard and Carter. “It is based on thorough research and
conversations with more than 100 visionary leaders from all over the world.”
Each chapter
contains practical strategies for using AI to expand your leadership capabilities.
Also, each changer is self-contained and includes proven techniques that can be
easily and immediately applied.
By thoughtfully
delegating tasks to AI and using it to augment skills and behaviors, leaders
can unlock a truly human experience of work while enhancing organizational
performance.
“Leaders who do
not embrace AI to transform their leadership will be left behind,” warn the authors.
Hougaard and
Carter are also the authors of Compassionate Leadership: How To Do Hard
Things In A Human Way, which I named one of the best new leadership books of 2022.
“Being human and doing what needs
to be done are not mutually exclusive. In truth, doing hard things and making
difficult decisions is often the most compassionate thing to do,” explain the
authors.
“Compassion is the intention
to be of benefit to others. Compassion is not about pleasing others and giving
them what they want. For example, compassion can be tough and direct, such as
addressing another person’s behavior if it is out of line. But it is done with
the intention that helping them change will lead to better outcomes for
everyone.”
Also, Hougaard and Carter share
that empathy and compassion are different from each other. “The two terms
differ in that empathy is an emotion, and compassion is an intention. Empathy
is when we see someone suffer, take on the suffering they experience, and
suffer together with them. But compassion is different. Compassion is to
take a step away from empathy and ask ourselves what we can do to support the
person who is suffering. In this way, compassion is an intention.
Specifically for this book, the
authors interviewed 350 executives and in addition to the qualitative
interviews, they collected quantitative data from 15,000 leaders and 150,000
employees from more than 5,000 companies in nearly 100 countries.
More Human and Compassionate Leadership are two great companion reads.
Thank you to
the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.
