AI has moved from shiny headline to background noise.

It drafts reports, crunches numbers, and spits out answers before you finish your coffee. Impressive, sure. But here’s the truth: AI doesn’t carry consequences. It doesn’t look a client in the eye. It doesn’t feel the ripple effects of a decision.

And it sure as hell doesn’t take responsibility for your bottom line.

So let’s move past the hype. Here are five deliberate moves you can make right now to protect your bottom line in the age of AI—and lead beyond the prompt.

1. Sit With the Fog

AI thrives on clarity. You ask, it answers. But authentic leadership lives in the fog—messy, high-stakes decisions where trade-offs collide.

Budgets. Hiring. Strategic shifts. These aren’t clean equations; they’re ambiguous, political, human. AI

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