SMRTR ProgrammingApr 6, 2026SD Times

Leadership in the Age of AI: Why Managers Need to Stay Technical

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A VP at Takeda argues that traditional management advice to step away from technical details becomes dangerous in AI environments. He contends that rapid AI capability changes, subtle failure modes, and cross-domain decisions require leaders to maintain technical proximity through hands-on tool usage, presence in key tradeoffs, and earning the right to substantively push back on team recommendations.

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