Leading with Wisdom in an Age of Algorithms with Johan Roos

How can leaders use AI without allowing it to erode the human skills that make leadership effective? In this episode, Kevin talks with Johan Roos about the choice leaders face between amplification and erosion as AI becomes more integrated into our work. Johan identifies five essential human capabilities (curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration) and explains how leaders can use technology to strengthen rather than weaken them. They discuss the warning signs of cognitive offloading, why leaders need to model thoughtful AI use themselves, and how practical wisdom and human judgment remain essential for deciding what matters, what is right, and what will work in practice.

Johan's Story: From strategic alliances and knowledge management to Human Magic, Johan Roos has written more than a dozen books across three decades on how organizations think, decide, and renew themselves. His latest book is Human Magic: Leading with Wisdom in an Age of Algorithms. Johan co-founded the Imagination Lab Foundation with the third-generation owner of the LEGO Group. He is Senior Advisor to the Global Peter Drucker Forum and Partner for R&D at Interface, and he advises and invests in leaders and institutions building for the next decade. He has taught strategy and leadership at business schools across Europe and the United States, and helped lead four of them. He is Professor and Senior Strategic Advisor at Luxembourg School of Business, and Associate Faculty at Hult Ashridge. His work lives where rigorous research meets the realities of running an institution.

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Listen For 0:00 Is AI a threat or a promise?

1:30 Meet Johan Roos

2:46 Why this book, why now

4:02 The big idea: amplify or erode

5:40 The 5 C's of human capability