Over the past week, the HUMAN Leadership Audit has invited us to slow down and ask ourselves not just what can be optimized with AI, but what should be – and what should instead remain uniquely human.
Each day takes one letter of the word HUMAN and helps us ask better questions about what it means to take a stand for human leadership in this digital age (without rejecting the technologies available to us).
Start at Day 1 and read straight through, or jump into whatever article catches your eye.
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Day 1: Hold the Human Line
AI can write the message, make the call, even soften the blow. But where should you still show up as you? Day 1 draws the line between letting AI assist your leadership and quietly handing it over.
Day 2: Unoptimize What Matters
Faster, faster, faster. But what if some of the slowness in your work is the part that’s actually working? Day 2 makes the case for protecting a little human friction on purpose.
Day 3: Make Meaning Before Making More
When AI does in seconds what took years to master, people quietly wonder if they still matter. Day 3 is about spotting that, and helping your team reconnect with why their work counts.
Day 4: Audit Atrophy
GPS dulled our sense of direction. So what is AI doing to your judgment, patience, and critical thinking skills? Day 4 is about the human skills worth keeping sharp, even when AI could do them for you.
Day 5: Name the Non-Negotiables
Pull the whole week together and craft your own personal human leadership code. Day 5 helps you name what you’ll protect, practice, and refuse to outsource as a leader.
That’s a wrap on the HUMAN Leadership Audit.
Next, we’re staying with the topic of AI, but looking at it through a personality lens: how personality influences the way different people experience, use, question, and adapt to AI.