Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Authors: Krishnan Shoba 
Published: November 2024

Artificial intelligence is becoming an integral part of company strategy. AI’s capabilities are always evolving, with the focus shifting from what it can accomplish to what it cannot. Furthermore, substantially transforming in every aspect, the senior management leads from how they raise and coach, to the way they inspire teams, to the way they use AI and Human power together to achieve their goal for the firm, to the manner they drive transformation and challenge. AI promises, concern, and excitement over the wayward role it will play are running High because to its limitless breadth. One thing is clear: ensuring that your organization is prepared. For the paradigm transition, AI is no longer an option. The challenge now is: are leaders ready to go up and deliver the vision, and adapt to Seize the opportunities? To respond, the UAE’s leading smelting manufacturing businesses polled. Over 450 C-Level executives across the country, by analyzing their perspectives on their acceptability and Adaptability within themselves and the organization of the next AI generation. The company, even to further refine the findings, I conducted approximately 12 to 15 interviews with worldwide leaders. The poll and interviews clearly indicated that leaders in general are very Strong see AI as an opportunity, rather than a danger, but they also see the route to the relationship between development and success remains ambiguous. On the one hand, the material opportunity identified by leaders, both for their role and for their organization, was the increased efficiency that the effective use of AI could bring, more effective decision-making, improved risk management, and the creation of innovative products and services. On the other hand, executives were watchful to the potential threat associated with AI. ‘Manpower redundancy’ and ‘data protection’ appeared as the two main concerns for leaders, both as individual roles and their organizations. The implications of these technologies on the workforce and the nature of work have caused Extensive debate and analysis. By 2030, roughly 375 million workers will constitute Approximately 14% of the worldwide workforce may need to migrate into new occupations or acquire Automation and artificial intelligence have influenced the development of new skills. This shift will provide challenges and executives who must adjust to a changing workforce and develop new ways for managing people in a technologically driven workplace. A cross-functional team of researchers at MIT Sloan demonstrated an outstanding gain of up to 40% in highly. Using generative AI to improve skilled workers’ performance (* The term “Generative AI” relates to Deep-learning AI models can generate high-quality writing, graphics, and other content depending on the data on which they were taught has the potential to add trillions to the global economy. This monumental shift will revolutionize the way people work, study, and interact. It has the ability to shake up entire industries and even society as a whole. According to a Boston Consulting Group report, 61% of executives in the Middle East anticipate these technologies will enhance productivity by over 10% by 2024. Despite regional training surpassing global norms, issues remain in fully equipping the personnel and overcoming Future AI regulations. This article offers insight into how leaders anticipate AI’s influence. organizations, employment, and their positions in the Middle East, and how ready they feel to lead through this Revolutionary disruption. We will investigate the factors and determinants of leadership and organization. Leaders should be prepared to navigate the inevitable technological revolution.