{"title":"Artificial Intelligence","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-return-to-strategic-leadership","title":"A Return to Strategic Leadership","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle Synopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e: Leadership has always required judgment.\u003cbr\u003eWhat has changed is the environment in which judgment is exercised.\u003cbr\u003eArtificial intelligence now shapes how information is produced, filtered, and presented to leaders. It accelerates analysis and offers recommendations with increasing confidence. In many organizations, decisions appear to emerge naturally from systems and models—leaving less visible space for deliberation, responsibility, and human judgment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Return to Strategic Leadership: Judgment in the Age of AI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores what happens when optimization begins to replace accountability.\u003cbr\u003eStructured as a business novel, the book follows a senior executive facing a series of consequential decisions where data and algorithms point in one direction, while experience, context, and ethical responsibility suggest another. The narrative reflects tensions familiar to experienced leaders: speed versus reflection, insight versus ownership, and intelligence versus wisdom.\u003cbr\u003eThe argument is not anti-technology. It is pro-leadership. AI can inform decisions, but it cannot assume responsibility for them. When stakes are high and trade-offs are real, judgment remains irreducibly human.\u003cbr\u003eWritten for executives, board members, and senior leaders, this book is a reflection on what leadership demands in an age that promises certainty—but cannot deliver accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mark Van Sumeren is a senior advisor, board leader, and strategist with more than four decades of experience helping organizations govern, decide, and perform under constraint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe is the Managing Director of \u003cstrong\u003eHealth Industry Advisor LLC\u003c\/strong\u003e, where he provides governance, strategy, and operational counsel to public, private, venture-backed, and private equity–sponsored companies across the healthcare ecosystem. His work focuses on helping boards and executive teams confront complex tradeoffs, design decision-making structures, and convert strategy into sustained performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOver the past twelve years, Van Sumeren has served on the boards of multiple private equity portfolio companies, including roles as \u003cstrong\u003eNon-Executive Chair for two organizations through successful exits\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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