With responsibilities spanning product, technology, data, AI, engineering, and cybersecurity, Marianne Johnson is rewriting the leadership playbook to orchestrate one of the largest business transformations in the industry. What’s truly innovative is the way she is reinventing how an enterprise thinks, operates, and creates value in the AI era. In the process, she’s creating a blueprint for a new kind of leader, the “AI operating executive.” 

In a new article for my CIO Whisperers column, Marianne discusses the principles and mindset shifts behind this new model of leadership, what it takes to transform the way the business creates value, and how to build optimism amid so much uncertainty. “Everything’s a choice in life, and you want to give people the opportunity, the choice, and a voice,” she says. “Nine times out of 10, once you give them that voice, they’re going to lean in and add value."