---
id: "quote-best-leaders-learn-fastest"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ AI Is Both a Tool and a Leadership Challenge"]
tags: ["leadership-traits", "judgment"]
related: ["concept-commoditization-of-expertise", "action-redefine-executive-hiring", "entity-tomas-chamorro-premuzic"]
speaker: "Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic"
speakers: ["Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic"]
quote: "The best leaders of the AI era will not be those who know the most, but those who learn the fastest and judge most wisely."
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-sig-56-csuite-board-reshaped-ai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-c-suite-and-board-roles-are-being-reshaped-around-ai"
sourceTitle: "How C-Suite and Board Roles Are Being Reshaped Around AI"
---
# The best leaders learn fastest and judge wisely

> "The best leaders of the AI era will not be those who know the most, but those who learn the fastest and judge most wisely."
> — [[entity-tomas-chamorro-premuzic|Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic]]

The crystallizing line for the [[concept-commoditization-of-expertise|commoditization of expertise]]: as hard skills are automated, the premium shifts to **learning agility** and **judgment**. It is the direct rationale for rewriting hiring criteria in [[action-redefine-executive-hiring]].


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