ABBC Member ChangeSchool Limited: Preserving Judgement in the Era of AI

In almost every senior team ChangeSchool works with, AI has quietly become part of how  leaders decide, often before anyone has asked what that does to their judgement.  ChangeSchool brought that question to a room of HR, talent and senior leaders, drawn from  leading Armenian companies to the Marriott Yerevan. The group was kept small on  purpose, so everyone could speak, and the talk between them mattered more than any talk  from the front. They worked on one question: how is AI changing the way leaders make  decisions? ChangeSchool's session, Preserving Judgement in the Era of AI, was led by  Managing Director Viren Lall , exploring a simple but powerful idea: the decision is still  yours, and what AI changes is only how you reach it. 

Many leaders now use AI without noticing, even for important decisions. The way you first  frame a problem shapes everything that comes after it. A well-written answer feels more  trustworthy than it should. The first answer that sounds right is often accepted, because  saying no takes effort now and the cost of saying yes comes later. These habits are not new,  but AI makes them stronger. So the group looked at what AI cannot do for you. A real  leadership decision needs context, comes with responsibility, and has to last. Those are  three good tests for any decision before you hand it to a machine. 

The best line did not come from the front. It came from one of the guests: “AI makes smart  people smarter, and lazy people lazier.” AI helps the leader who keeps thinking, and quietly  hurts the one who stops. The session ended on a line worth remembering: the machine  gives the recommendation; the leader makes the call. 

This is one of several meetings ChangeSchool is holding in Yerevan and Tbilisi this year, as it  brings its Executive MBA to the region. It is an eighteen-month programme built around  people who keep working full-time, not one that asks them to leave their job.

ABBC  members interested in the programme, or in executive development in Armenia and  Georgia, can get in touch with the Country Director, Narine Gishyan, at  narine@changeschool.org. More is at changeschool.org.