The Singularity—a future where AI exceeds our human capacity for cognition— may no longer be a distant horizon. Currently, in almost any cognitive task, AI is matching, and often exceeding human accomplishments.

What role can we expect our students to take in a world where AI can hold conversations, anticipate needs, and deliver insights, optimizations, and strategic recommendations at a pace and quality that surpass theirs?

Just like management consultants, the AI onslaught will take us all back to the first principles of business, and in each case, those principles are fundamentally grounded in personal relationships and the human capacity for creativity, empathy, and connection.

More importantly, they are built on a sense of understanding and value that only humans can create when working together.

BY Lauri Pietinalho, T. Alexander Puutio, and Matt Statler