The question I keep hearing from executives right now is not "what should we do about AI?" It is quieter than that. It sounds more like: "how do I know whether the advice I'm being given is the advice I actually need?"
That question is not really about AI. It is about trust. Every leader I speak with is standing in front of decisions that are being shaped, faster than ever, by people whose incentives are not fully aligned with theirs. The pace of change has widened the gap between what a leader is being told and what a leader is trying to accomplish.
My advice, most weeks, is the same: slow down for one honest conversation. Not a long one. Just one where the person across the table has nothing to sell you and no reason to hurry the answer. Confidence is almost always downstream of that single conversation.