The best CEOs will help humans help machines help humans

There's no denying it: the era of the intelligent enterprise is upon us. As technologies like AI, cognitive computing, and predictive analytics become hot topics in the corporate boardroom, sleek startups and centuries-old companies alike are laying plans for how to put these exciting innovations to work. Many organizations, however, are in the nascent days of AI implementation. Of the three stages of adoption--education, prototyping, and application at scale--most executives are still taking a tentative approach to exploring AI's true potential. They're primarily using the tech to drive small-scale efficiencies.