Your leadership team isn’t ready for AI. Here’s a 90-day plan to change that

# Your Leadership Team Needs to Adapt—Or Get Out of the Way Even successful CEOs like those at Coca-Cola and Walmart recently stepped down because they realized AI requires a completely different style of leadership than what made them effective in the past. The article argues that leading through the AI era isn't just about adopting new tools or strategies—it demands leaders who think and operate fundamentally differently. If your company's leadership team hasn't started preparing for this shift, you're already falling behind.
In March 2026, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told CNBC that AI had significantly influenced his decision to step down from his post. The company needed, in his words, “someone with the energy to pursue a completely new transformation of the enterprise.” A few months earlier, Walmart’s Doug McMillon st
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