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Tech Futurist Shelly Palmer on the Value of Human Judgment
Hear Palmer's views on shifting talent needs and what that means for boards.
What will the boardroom look like in a decade? NACD’s Board Leadership Futurist Program brings NACD executives into conversation with leading futurists, historians, and business thinkers to examine the forces that will shape governance in the years ahead.
Boards are reaching a turning point as artificial intelligence oversight shifts focus from the deliverable itself to the decision it informs. This shift in focus, Shelly Palmer believes, will fundamentally redefine the director's job.
Palmer is the advanced media professor in residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group. He serves on the board of 1-800-Flowers.com. Palmer is the cofounder of Metacademy and the Gun Safety Alliance.
In this interview, Palmer and NACD president and CEO Peter R. Gleason discuss why self-evaluation belongs on every board agenda and why human judgment remains irreplaceable in the age of AI.
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