Artificial intelligence and leadership

Given that we are engaged in a discussion about advanced analytics and AI teams, and we are in the midst of examining the topic of leadership, we need to ask the question, "Will AI take over the leadership of corporations and the leadership of AI teams?"

The management consulting firm McKinsey has remarked that:

…the role of the senior leader will evolve. We'd suggest that, ironically enough, executives in the era of brilliant machines will be able to make the biggest difference through the human touch.

By this, we mean the questions they frame, their vigor in attacking exceptional circumstances highlighted by increasingly intelligent algorithms, and their ability to do things machines can't. That includes tolerating ambiguity and focusing on the "softer" side of management to engage the organization and build its capacity for self-renewal. [1]

There is no question that computers...