12. Shifting the Mindset of an Enterprise Workforce with Geoff Gilmore
The AI-Driven Leader
<p>Imagine going from saying, <em>“AI has no place in steel manufacturing”</em>… to declaring, <em>“It is my expectation that you use AI”</em> across 6,000 employees — all in under six months.</p>
<p>That’s exactly what happened when one leader flipped the switch. At first skeptical, he was convinced AI couldn’t touch a 65-year-old steel company. But a persistent senior leader put the right books in his hands — <em>Co-Intelligence</em> and <em>The AI-Driven Leader</em> — and suddenly, curiosity turned into conviction.</p>
<p>Within months, he vulnerably admitted, <em>“I wasn’t an expert, but I led anyway.”</em> That courage gave his people permission to act. Pilots surged: predictive inventory, machine reliability, contract analyzers, and more — initiatives powerful enough to potentially move stock price. And through it all, he kept a people-first philosophy: <em>“Work-life balance matters as much as stock price.”</em></p>
<p>Today’s AI-Driven Leader is <strong>Geoff Gilmore, President, CEO, and Director of Worthington Steel</strong>.</p>