AI@Work: 4 essential questions for leaders in the year ahead

December 17, 2025, Interview: "2025 is the year AI at work got real. What once felt mostly experimental is becoming embedded in daily routines. What once lived at the edges of organizations has migrated to the center. Business leaders have no doubt about whether AI matters. Now the challenge is how—and how fast—you adapt while the ground is still shifting. I recently had a conversation with my friend, Harvard Business School professor Karim Lakhani, that captures the issues organizations—and individual leaders—are facing as we end one pivotal year and look forward to another. We explored four provocative questions that each force a choice for which there are solid arguments on both sides."