Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology is bringing unprecedented disruption and transformation in the modern history of humanity. Whatever individual brains were able to think, problem-solve, create, AI will be able to do it much faster & better as a big one Global Brain with collective humanity knowledge base – visualize Earth as a one big giga Brain with tera peta bytes of Memory.
Impact of AI on humanity:
AI is going to impact every aspect of human existence – agriculture to industrial, healthcare to warfare, education to entertainment, communication to transportation, politics to religion, …
In AI Era, Information and Intelligence (IQ) are no more a differentiator – it’s a level playing field. Individual ‘Head’(IQ) is no more an elite hero as everybody has access to the ‘Super Head’ (AI).
This transition is a very big S curve for humanity. The rapid speed AI brings will exponentially accelerate the VUCAness (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) of the world – AI will increase the world entropy. Embracing this drastic change and adapting to super speed will be a huge challenge for humanity.
AI will increase the layer of ‘Maya’ in the world – it will be difficult to discern what is real and what is un-real.
Coping through Emotional Intelligence (EI):
All the above challenges create significant stress and mental health challenges in people. People will have to develop higher Emotional Intelligence (EQ) like Self Awareness, Self-Regulation and become more resilient. People will have to shift from ‘Head’ (over-reliance on intellectual intelligence) to ‘Heart’ to manage self & others and use AI for IQ oriented solutions.
Thriving through Intuitive Intelligence (ii):
So, in AI Era, IQ need is taken care by AI; EI is needed to cope with the change and the human aspects of challenges. But who thrives in AI Era is one who is able to tap into the Intuitive Intelligence. In the hyper VUCA world of AI Era, what sets one apart is rapid sensing, sense-making and choice making without much information but based on subconscious processing power – the ‘gut feel’ – ability of higher order creativity and decision-making.
Leadership in AI Era:
Leaders (in all fields) need to lead humanity into AI Era. Such Leaders need to be capable of accessing their Holistic Intelligence – Intellectual Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence and Intuitive Intelligence – Sensing, Sense-making and Decision-making with Head, Heart & Gut.
While Intellectual Intelligence is developed by thinking mind, accessing & developing Emotional Intelligence and Intuitive Intelligence is the exact opposite process – by quieting the mind. Leaders need to unlearn the hyper-thinking mind and learn to calm the mind. They need to dive deeper within themselves, discover their more innate intelligences and operate from that higher Awareness/Consciousness.
As part of ‘Leading Self’ layer of our Full Stack Leadership program, we teach Leaders on developing Holistic Intelligence. We call it ‘Managing outside by Mastering inside’ – preparing Leaders for the AI Era.
Further reading on Leadership principles that are impacted by AI: https://www.pm-powerconsulting.com/blog/leadership-principles-in-the-generative-ai-age/
