Why Intellectual Humility Is the Missing Skill in AI
Using AI well requires more critical thinking, not less
AI amplifies both the good and bad habits within your company. Like a magnifying glass, it reveals everything in greater detail, including the problems. If your thinking has flaws or biases, AI will make those flaws even worse.
This is more evident when I observe how many CEOs treat AI as a shiny object. Pressured by hype and competition, they rush adoption. Yet most AI initiatives fail: Only 4% deliver meaningful value, and just 22% move beyond proof of concept.
The core reason? Treating AI primarily as a productivity tool. Leaders focus on replacing people and cutting costs. But what about critical thinking? You can’t delegate that. Unless you want a team that produces mediocre solutions—too fast to be good, too rushed to be great.
When you prioritize speed, you lower the bar for good thinking.
Instead of rushing AI adoption, I tell my clients to focus on building AI fluency. Stop asking “How can my teams use AI to be more productive?” Ask “How can we partner wit…
