13. CRIT™: Harnessing Abraham Lincoln to Write Your AI Manifesto
The AI-Driven Leader
<p>In our last episode, he showed how vulnerability and courage turned skepticism into company-wide adoption. But in this CRIT™ session, the challenge was different: how do you keep excitement from stalling out in confusion?</p>
<p>Through CRIT™, AI acted as a strategic advisor to his executive team. It surfaced the need for structured listening, a weekly AI narrative, and clear success gates. It pushed him to elevate a “big bet” team into a startup studio — not just to use AI, but to sell with AI.</p>
<p>And then came the extraordinary moment: Abraham Lincoln, on his AI board, challenged him to write a <em>human constitution for AI</em>: <em>“Man shall not be replaced, but released into his greatest potential.”</em></p>
<p>The clarity that emerged in minutes would’ve taken months of consultants. His reaction said it all: <em>“Outstanding, mind blowing at times.”</em></p>
<p>Today’s AI-Driven Leader is <strong>Geoff Gilmore, President, CEO, and Director of Worthington Steel</strong>.</p>