New Delhi, June 15 -- Every age creates its own managerial obsession. The 1980s worshipped scale. The 1990s celebrated globalization. The first decades of the twenty-first century chased disruption and digital transformation. Today, artificial intelligence has become the new altar before which executives gather. Strategy decks are being rewritten, business schools are redesigning curricula, and consultants are repackaging old wisdom in new algorithmic wrappers.

Yet as AI makes knowledge increasingly accessible and expertise increasingly replicable, a more fundamental question emerges: what remains uniquely human in leadership?

The answer may lie not in thinking harder but in seeing better. The future may not belong to leaders who know t...