Can't We Just Have the Robots Do It? A Cautionary Tale in Strategic Planning

I was walking into a two-day-long strategic planning session. The organization, with a 100-year history and a talented board, was excited to be together and excited to think about the future. But, unfortunately, no amount of planning can prevent the inevitability of a group getting tired during a two-day planning session.

The grumble emerged as a team member reached for his 6,000th post-it note: “Can’t we just have AI do this?”

Well, can’t we?