How Does AI Pose Challenges for Leaders in Organizations? -A Conceptual Study

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its application are becoming ubiquitous. This drastic change creates a plethora of challenges for leaders and leads to a need for more holistic leadership skills. This article aims to give an overview of the challenges of AI for leaders and how leaders or managers can address these challenges in more effective ways. A literature review was conducted. To know the challenges of leaders, an AI technologies practitioner was interviewed working in one of the top software companies. In this article, I discussed various ways in which these challenges can be addressed for leaders while working with AI. To conclude recommendations and strategies are suggested so that AI leaders can enable innovation and collaboration between humans and AI, and change the workforce with a new set of skills that are unique to humans. Also, a few guiding principles may help business leaders sail across the changes in the era of AI, and future implications are discussed.