Here's something most people miss: the managers who'll actually thrive this year aren't the ones memorizing neural network architectures. They're the leaders who get what AI really does—it reshapes how humans work, not replaces them.

The winning move? Guiding teams through this transformation with three things that algorithms can't fake: clarity on what's changing, empathy for the humans navigating it, and humility to admit nobody has all the answers yet. Machine learning credentials matter way less than understanding people.

Because at the end of the day, we're not managing AI. We're managing people who work alongside AI. That's the shift.