---
id: "quote-second-wave"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶ Last Paragraph"]
tags: ["ai-evolution", "leadership"]
related: ["concept-second-wave-gen-ai"]
speaker: "Sagar Goel, Shubhankar Sohoni and Lisa Krayer"
speakers: ["Sagar Goel", "Shubhankar Sohoni", "Lisa Krayer"]
quote: "If the first wave of gen AI disrupted task execution, the second wave will transform how humans learn to lead, collaborate, and think."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-cl-86-genai-transform-l-and-d"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/09/how-gen-ai-could-transform-learning-and-development"
sourceTitle: "How Gen AI Could Transform Learning and Development"
---
# The Second Wave of Gen AI

## Quote: The Second Wave of Gen AI

> "If the first wave of gen AI disrupted task execution, the second wave will transform how humans learn to lead, collaborate, and think."
> — [[entity-sagar-goel]], [[entity-shubhankar-sohoni]] and [[entity-lisa-krayer]]

The closing line of the source and the crystallization of [[concept-second-wave-gen-ai]]: AI moving from a **tool of production** to a **tool of human development**.