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The AI Illusion: Why “Being the Expert” Might Be the Fastest Way to Get Replaced!

AI isn’t replacing people. It’s revealing who can truly lead when every team claims to be “AI-driven” but few understand what that really means.

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Glenda Carnate
October 10, 2025

Read time: 2.5 minutes

According to McKinsey & Company (2025), 78% of organizations now report using AI in at least one function.
That number sounds impressive. But look closer, and the story changes.

Most teams use AI without understanding its purpose. They adopt it because everyone else does. Slide decks get filled with bold slogans. Models retrain themselves to predict last week’s sales. Dashboards generate emails no one reads. And someone still believes ChatGPT can approve PTO requests.

The problem isn’t AI. The problem is leadership.

AI promised magic. Many organizations heard panic instead.
Between buzzwords and rushed rollouts, leaders forgot that transformation comes from people, not tools.

Being the smartest person in the room no longer guarantees success. The real measure of leadership today is building systems and teams that can think, adapt, and operate even when you are not there.

What Real AI Leadership Looks Like:

✅ Delegate, don’t dominate.
Allow your team to make decisions and take ownership.

✅ Teach thinking, not tools.
People who think critically stay valuable as technology evolves.

✅ Build frameworks, not crutches.
Create processes that sustain progress without constant supervision.

✅ Encourage safe failure.
Treat mistakes as lessons that lead to improvement.

✅ Trust, then verify.
Give freedom with accountability to maintain balance and trust.

Key Takeaways:

AI is not a magic wand. It is a mirror.
It reflects the quality of leadership, culture, and systems in an organization.
If a team only performs when one person leads, that is not leadership. That is dependence.
True leaders create people who can lead themselves.

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