Why Mentoring Matters More in the AI Era

A quiet shift is happening in organizations. AI is automating the very work that once trained employees. The repetition of spotting weak arguments in a memo, interpreting ambiguous data, and anticipating stakeholder’s concerns, built judgment. Exposure built intuition. Strip out that layer and you lose training ground.

The structural stakes are significant. If the on-ramp for professional judgment disappears, so does your leadership pipeline. And on-demand learning platforms and one-off training sessions aren’t enough to close the gap. They don’t transfer judgment, pattern recognition, professional instinct, or the tacit knowledge that accumulates through exposure to how experienced leaders actually think. Read more in the full article on The Harvard Business Review here.