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Giving Humans the Final Say Can Make AI Decisions Worse

September 14th, 2026
6 mins
Olivier Sibony

When algorithms outperform experts, human oversight may protect legitimacy... but it may also simply restore the errors AI was meant to correct.

Research insights from HEC Paris faculty

Entrepreneurs Need a Scientific Way to Decide

Startup founders often misjudge high-stakes decisions. In entrepreneurship, better decisions come from treating ideas as experiments, learning from feedback and sharpening judgment.

6 minutes
Thomas Åstebro

What Pirate Ships Reveal About Modern Governance

Accountability, shared power, aligned incentives under radical uncertainty. What pirate crews understood about governance, today's boards are still learning.

Georg Wernicke

The Global South Is Leading Climate Adaptation

As climate shocks intensify, Global South innovators are turning adaptation into a fast-growing resilience market with solutions now moving toward the Global North.

 

4 minutes
Fernando Diaz Lopez

At AI Speed, Can Positive Leaders Still Lead with Heart?

AI can process everything, but it cannot care about anything. Jean-Philippe Courtois and HEC's Ilona Boniwell dive into what human leadership needs to safeguard, and why taking a step back might just be the boldest choice a leader can make.

Ilona Boniwell

What Every Family Business Board Member Needs to Know About Governance Transitions

A new case shows how role-play learning helps next-gen leaders and family councils master board-level decisions during succession.

Center for Family Business

Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough: The Role of Chance in Career Success

Career success reflects not just effort, but how everyday chance events shape opportunities and visibility.

Roxana Barbulescu

Marie Sushka's research legacy across banking, governance and private equity

The American academic kept returning to the same question: what do financial structures actually do once they are tested against evidence?

13 minutes
Daniel Brown

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