The career ladder is changing. 🪜🤖 For decades, leaders started as analysts, le
By Lauren Livak Gilbert · February 18, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
The career ladder is changing. 🪜🤖
For decades, leaders started as analysts, learning the business through hands-on work like forecasting and reporting and then worked their way up the career ladder.
But now AI can do a lot of the hands on keyboard analyst work much faster and more efficiently.
So if the bottom rungs disappear… where do future leaders start?
One approach gaining momentum: apprenticeships. 🧠
If AI provides the knowledge, the real differentiator becomes human skills: judgment, critical thinking, and decision-making. This is learned by working alongside experienced leaders.
This shift won’t happen overnight, but the organizations preparing now will be setup for success.
💡 The real question for leaders and HR teams:
How will you develop the next generation in an AI-enabled world?
What are you seeing? 👇
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