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# What Sets Great Strategists Apart in the AI Era

HBR argues the best strategists cultivate sticky knowledge, insights that are hard to articulate or transfer and that remain valuable even as AI tools proliferate. For CEOs leaning on AI-assisted decision frameworks, the lesson is that human contextual judgment, not model output, remains the decisive edge in high-stakes strategic choices.

Sources

Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/topic/subject/strategic-analysis)

Topic: Decision Quality: https://lyoenandpartners.com/insights/topic/decision-quality

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