There’s a new buzzword in town: artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Automation. Optimization. Every conference promises the same thing: faster answers, smarter systems, fewer humans required. Somewhere, a robot is apparently preparing to take my job and organize my inbox, which honestly I would allow. And while I love a good dashboard as much as the next growth-minded leader, I’ve started to wonder if what we really need isn’t artificial intelligence. It’s artificial h

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