This dynamic is subtle but significant. Increasingly, we turn to AI for summaries instead of reading the original feedback. Teams are basing strategies on AI-generated trends without always questioning the source data . Managers are relying on AI to write performance reviews and assuming the tone is neutral when it’s not. These aren’t failures of leadership. They’re signs of how quickly the human-centered part of decision-making—the values and judgment that give choices meaning—can slip away.