With the advent of intelligent machines, organizations can finally unleash the true potential of their workforce. The quality of “judgment work” is poised to become a source of competitive advantage for the workforce of the future. But, transitioning to this sort of “judgment work” won't happen overnight. Organizations need to start taking steps today to build their judgment muscle. View recommendations to help organizations seize the value of judgment work.

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Judgment calls:
Preparing leaders to thrive in the
era of intelligent machines

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Intelligent machines have the potential to
liberate managers from routine tasks,
freeing them to make the judgment calls that
even the most advanced machines can’t.

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But are managers
ready for a
a new role
as decision makers?

4. Intelligent machines will
enable managers
to make faster, more thoughtful, collaborative decisions.
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But organizations must start planning now to
make sure they develop the “judgment muscles”
to differentiate themselves in the years ahead.

5. What exactly is judgment work?
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Simply put, it’s human work.
It’s about applying intellectual curiosity, experience and expertise
to critical business decisions and practices when the information
available is insufficient to suggest a successful course of action.
We’ve identified three broad categories of judgment
work:
Discernment Abstract thinking Contextual reasoning

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To create value from judgment work,
organizations need to overcome two obstacles:
Managers don’t consider
judgment a team sport.
While one in three managers recognize the
need to boost their abilities in judgment-
related areas such as creative thinking and
experimentation, only one in five rank
networking, coaching and collaboration
among the skills they will need in the future.
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To create value from judgment work,
organizations need to overcome two obstacles:
Managers don’t appreciate
all that intelligent
machines can do for them.
Many managers fail to understand that
intelligent machines can accelerate
decision-making and learning and make
human judgment better. Intelligent
machines can help them be more effective
in applying judgment to drive
organizational performance, growth, agility
and innovation.
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8. Managers won’t make the transition
to judgment work overnight.
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That’s why organizations need to get started now to:
Build judgment
muscle
Reward new
sources of value
Build a network that
boosts judgment

9. LEARN MORE
about how organizations can prepare managers
to transition to judgment work with our full report:
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Judgment calls:
Preparing leaders to thrive in the era of
intelligent machines