Kai-Fu Lee takes his 'AI Native' transformation playbook to Columbia Business School
kaifulee · x · 2026-11-10
Kai-Fu Lee spoke to Columbia Business School students about the AI revolution, promoting his new book AI Native. His core points on enterprise transformation:
- AI transformation must be a CEO mandate, measured by business outcomes rather than activity
- AI agents become the new unit of productivity; redesign work instead of just automating processes
- Turn employees into AI-native "DRLs" and flatten organizations by redesigning how work gets done
- Human judgment is the leadership edge
The book claims that two years ago the best agents could only autonomously complete 6 minutes of an expert's work; today top agents can complete an entire workday of the smartest humans in less than a coffee break, at a fraction of the cost.
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