I Use AI Every Day But I Never Let It Think for Me

I use AI tools every day. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. I use them to write, analyze, organize, and anticipate objections. They save me hours every week.

But there is something AI cannot do: think for me. It cannot decide whether a leader deserves my trust. It cannot evaluate whether an agent has real potential. It cannot read the silence in a meeting.

The mistake I see in many directors is delegating the decision, not just the task. They use AI as an oracle. They ask what to do and execute without filtering. That is not leadership. That is abdication with technology.

AI amplifies your capacity. But if your capacity is scarce, it only amplifies the problem. First build judgment. Then give tools to that judgment.