Our Perspectives
Alumni Global's perspectives on leadership, succession and board governance
Alumni Global works with executive search, board services and leadership assessment and development. Here we gather our articles and perspectives on leadership, drawing on what we learn from the boards, CEOs and leadership teams we work with, and from our events such as the Alumni Executive Summit. The topics range across leadership in change, succession, board governance, AI leadership and how organisations develop their leaders, written by our consultants for those who lead, recruit or serve on a board.
We’ve Started Using AI. Now Leadership Needs to Prepare for What Comes Next
AI adoption is accelerating across organisations, but learning to use the technology may be the easier part. The bigger challenge is what comes next: how do we lead when the future evolves faster than we can predict? For leaders accustomed to building alignment through dialogue and consensus, this raises an intriguing tension. The AI era may require us to act more boldly while becoming more humble about what we know.
The Most In-Demand Leadership Skills in Tech Right Now
What should a strong technology leader know today? While AI fluency is now essential, there is much more to it. In our talks with Nordic executives and boards, we see a rising need for leaders who can link architecture, cloud, data, cybersecurity, and technology economics with product, people, and business strategy. The real shift is not from technical leadership to general management, but toward leaders who blend real technical credibility with sound enterprise judgement. Here are the skills that set the best technology leaders apart.