AI Is Undermining Leaders’ Judgment. Here’s What to Do About It.

As organizations gain more “intelligence” with AI tools, leaders are being trained out of the very capacity that creates competitive advantage—original judgment. Two interlocking

A recent report from Harvard researchers studying innovation showcased a troubling pattern. To test how AI impacts human judgment, the researchers conducted a field experiment, asking 228 experienced evaluators to assess 48 submissions to an MIT global social impact innovation challenge. The researchers tested three conditions: 1) human-only evaluations; 2) LLM evaluations with a narrative explanation of the decision-making; and 3) LLM evaluations with no further context. They then compared the evaluators’ decisions against those made by four experts affiliated with the innovation challenge.