19. The rise of AI presents leaders with at least two core challenges: The first concerns developing guardrails and principles for the responsible development, deployment and use of AI – what might be termed leadership for AI (for more, see World Economic Forum. (2025). Towards equitable AI: New report charts path to AI competitiveness. or World Economic Forum. (2022). Principles for Responsible AI Leadership). The second challenge pertains to leadership with AI – how the proliferation of AI is reshaping the very nature of leadership, decision-making and collaboration (for more, see Gasser, U., & Mayer Schönberger, V. (2024). Leadership with AI: Decision-Making and Collaboration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press). 20. For more on the pitfalls of succession planning and their remedies, see Huang, A., Nyber, A. J., & Schlepker, D. (2025). The Pitfalls That Undermine CEO Succession Planning. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr. org/2025/11/the-pitfalls-that-undermine-ceo-succession-planning. 21. For more on the concept of being a good ancestor, see Krznaric, R. (2021). The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World. London, United Kingdom: Penguin Books. 22. Exploring the notion of mastery, the Buddhist concept of dōjō, referring to the training monasteries for monks, may provide further inspiration: In these places of attention and care, people work towards mastery by challenging, refining, and growing together. For more, see Matsumoto (2025). 23. For more on the role of mental well-being for individual, team and organizational performance see Roulet, T. & Bhatti, Kiran. (2025). Well-Being Intelligence. Building Better Mental Health at Work. London, United Kingdom: Profile Books. 20 Next Generation Leadership for a World in Transformation: Driving Dialogue and Action

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