{
  "id": 9737894,
  "title": "How Harvard Business School’s former dean thinks AI will test today’s CEOs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/how-harvard-business-schools-former-dean-thinks-ai-will-test-todays",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-25T08:56:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
    "slug": "semafor",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/09/25/2026/how-harvard-business-schools-former-dean-thinks-ai-will-test-todays-ceos"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nitin Nohria, former dean of Harvard Business School, believes that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a defining challenge for CEOs in the 21st century. He asserts that the demands of the job have remained constant, regardless of technological and geopolitical upheavals. His new book emphasizes that CEOs should focus on creating conditions for their teams to make decisions well, rather than making all the decisions themselves.\n\nNohria also chairs Thrive Capital, an investment firm where co-founder and managing partner Josh Kushner recently withdrew from a plan to commercialize the World Cup with FIFA due to backlash. Nohria sees AI as the defining challenge for today's CEOs, offering opportunities for decentralization and a virtual board of directors. He argues that the CEO's role will become even more crucial in a decentralized organization, as they will need to provide vision, alignment, purpose, and culture.\n\nAI is a transformational technology that will reshape business processes and workforces, and could create new revenue opportunities for companies. While some may fear the loss of power, Nohria believes that decentralization will actually make the CEO's role more compelling. The book's subtitle, \"The Future of Management,\" reflects Nohria's conviction that we are entering a new era of CEO responsibility, as leaders must ensure that their businesses contribute positively to society, even if there are inevitable dislocations along the way.",
  "summary": "Nitin Nohria sees the technology as a decentralizing force that will challenge company power structures.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}