AI & Strategy

While the public conversation around AI is dominated by tools, platforms, and technical innovation, Donaleski argues that the greatest risk organizations face is neither technological nor operational. It is decisional. Artificial intelligence does not create poor decisions. It accelerates them. When organizations automate flawed assumptions... they do not eliminate those weaknesses. They institutionalize them. The result is not transformation. It is faster failure.

In 2026, AI fluency will not be a differentiator. It will be a baseline expectation for leaders operating in complex, high-scrutiny environments.