Executive Masterclass

What AI Can’t Do: The New Job of Leadership

An HBR Executive Masterclass with Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks on how leadership is changing in the age of AI.

April 8, 2026

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For senior leaders, the question isn’t whether AI will change work—it already has. The deeper question is what’s left for leaders when machines can solve increasingly sophisticated problems.

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