AI Is Undermining Leaders’ Judgment. Here’s What to Do About It

As organizations gain more “intelligence” with AI tools, leaders are being trained out of the very capacity that creates competitive advantage—original judgment. Two interlocking capacities shape a leader’s ability to produce original thinking: breadth of perception (noticing weak signals and adjacent patterns beyond the obvious) and independence of interpretation (forming your own view rather than deferring to the model’s or the group’s). Organizations can protect judgement by adopting two practices: structured curiosity and intentional dissent.