06/06/2026
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Leader in the AI Era, Who are you?
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by Nguyễn Huỳnh Duy - Saigon - Sat 6 Jun, 2026
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A leader is someone who guides others—many others, and indeed, a great many others. Setting aside technical expertise, a leader's capacity is quantified by the number of people they can lead to generate expected results (from those who have delegated the leadership authority to them).
A "digital" leader is one who uses digital tools (computers, software, IoT devices, databases, etc.) to conduct their management. As the author of this article, I consider myself a fairly capable "digital" leader.
But then, the AI era arrived, and it created an ex*****on revolution in two areas:
[+] Thought.
[+] Physical action (humanoid robots or semi-robots like robotic arms on assembly lines).
These are two areas where a leader was previously forced to use human personnel to execute tasks in the pre-AI era, for example:
- "Draft the ABC contract for me."
- "Calculate the tax period and make the payment."
- "Develop the business plan for the upcoming year."
"Reconfigure the entire packaging line according to the new technology and equipment we just acquired."
- "Make me a cup of coffee, less sugar, no ice."
AI emerged, and it is now capable of replacing humans in performing those tasks. Stop… of course, it cannot replace humans entirely. There are things AI does better than people, and things that people have done, are doing, and will always do better than AI.
The obvious logic is that the optimal lineup now is a hybrid of humans and AI. From this, the concept of an AI Leader is born:
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"How do I organize, operate, monitor, and manage a Human-AI team to achieve expected results, and more?"
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At the senior management level, I tentatively label these leaders:
>>> HAiO C-Class (Human-AI Officer)
