Do you like to be managed or inspired?

Real Wisdom, Artificial Intelligence · Jun 19, 2026 · 4m

“RIP the script.”

That is the tagline of a FIFA World Cup commercial making the rounds right now.

The message is simple:

Nobody likes being told what to do.

Which raises an important question:

Do you like to be managed or inspired?

Most of us would say inspired — instantly, without hesitation.

And yet almost every organization on the planet is still built around management.

Here’s why that is about to change.

Management exists to get people to do repeatable things reliably.

That was a real problem worth solving — from the factory floor to the knowledge factory.

But AI solves that problem…