In 2014, CVS made a decision that surprised the business world.

The company announced that it would stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in every one of its pharmacies across the country.

I took five years of Latin.

Yes, five. Talk about exhausting!

While my friends were learning languages they might actually use in conversation, I was declining nouns and conjugating verbs in a language others often reminded me was dead.

Every organization eventually faces the same question.

Is leadership development still worth it?

Budgets tighten. Calendars fill. AI can summarize a book in seconds, generate training materials in minutes, and answer almost any question with a well-written prompt.

There are few things that break connection faster than being in a conversation with someone and never really having their attention. 

AI can analyze millions of data points in seconds. It can summarize reports, identify trends, draft communications, and recommend next steps with astonishing speed. It’s certainly impressive.

I don’t know about you, but I can move too fast sometimes. Not because I’m trying to rush past people. Not because I don’t care. Usually, it’s because I do care.

Artificial Intelligence can analyze enormous amounts of data in seconds. It can identify patterns, generate recommendations, and draft communications. But it cannot feel tension enter a room.

Artificial Intelligence can analyze enormous amounts of data in seconds. It can identify patterns, generate recommendations, and draft communications. But it cannot feel tension enter a room.

A few years ago, conversations about artificial intelligence felt futuristic. Today, AI is writing emails, summarizing meetings, generating performance goals, analyzing data, and helping us complete work faster than ever before.