Every business leader feels the pull of AI. The promise of AI is simple- use these tools to decrease cost, increase productivity, and drive growth. The problem is that the promise can not be fulfilled unless people leverage the tools with a clear understanding of what matters in their business and the goals they want to achieve. The reality is that if the leader does not have a clear vision and an aligned team, it does not matter how many tokens they spend trying to push the business forward. They are no better than the meme that keeps saying “ChatGPT, make me a million dollars.” In fact they they are a lot worse than that meme because they are spreading their lack of clarity at scale and burning out their team in the process!

Nearly every organization in the country is feeling the pressure to leverage more and more powerful models to “empower” their team, but in many situations that “empowerment” is coming back with all types of unintended consequences that is surfacing a significant amount of team dysfunction.

But the truth is. 

Successful teams have a sense of purpose and direction that guides their work toward a,goal. AI causes confusion about purpose due to the changing nature of how individuals contribute and a lack of clarity, with an unrelenting sense of speed pulling in ever-changing directions. 

Unaligned AI initiatives can turn small feelings into big behaviors:

• Confused about where the business is trying to go, leading to indecision.

• Anxious about being replaced, making them more territorial and less collaborative.

• Disconnected from purpose in their work, leading to apathy.

• Disempowered because the empowerment feels like pressure, leading to burnout or actually working against the initiative.