Being clear about direction, but flexible about how to get there. GenAI will help distill complex data and sharpen focus. The best leaders will hone their clarity but resist certainty.

The best leaders will seek out shared values and mutual causes. Thinking futureback, GenAI will help leaders find common ground with others. What will we choose to do together?

Developing a sense of centeredness that cultivates inner focus, maintains composure under pressure, and guides others with steady grounded presence in a brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensive world.

Organizing shape-shifting teams that surge with coordinated throbbing energy to create value.

Cultivating exploration with the help of GenAI and a backcasting from the future mindset.

Harnessing the inherent wisdom of nature to mobilize constructive responses to climate urgencies.

Turning unsolvable problems into opportunities. The best leaders will thrive in the space between judging too soon (the classic mistake of the problem solver) and deciding too late (the classic mistake of the academic).

Balancing assertiveness with understanding how one comes across to others. A leader's clarity will only be valuable if that clarity is heard accurately, and people are motivated to act.

Gaming will be the most powerful and personalized learning medium in history—and young people who grew up with gaming will have a competitive advantage. The best leaders will have a gameful mindset with emotionally-laden attention.

Diffusing anger and bridging polarities to find common ground. GenAI will help leaders by analyzing diverse viewpoints and exploring alternative paths for collaboration.

Ten New Skills to Humanize Leadership with Generative AI