The following article is drawn from our conversations with leading industry voices across Latin America, featured in our State of AI 2025 report (available through the button on the right). In this edition, we highlight the insights of Carolina Dams, Dean at IAE Business School.
We need to teach leaders how to adapt, observe, and keep learning amid constant technological change. - Carolina Dams
Most organizations in the region are still experimenting with pilots and struggling to scale AI. The challenge is cultural and strategic. Leaders must be comfortable with uncertainty, adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, and focus on incremental learning instead of few large, risky bets.
At IAE, AI is integrated across programs through dedicated courses and hands-on assignments that require students to apply AI tools in business projects. Faculty receive training but retain autonomy, and rigorous formats like exams ensure academic standards.
While AI holds enormous potential, it also threatens to widen existing social and economic divides. In a region marked by high informality, uneven access to digital education, and limited institutional capacity, inclusion cannot be assumed, it must be designed. Many workers will not be able to reskill into digital roles and will require support to transition into alternative forms of employment. Business Schools and leaders need to shape inclusive strategies that account for these realities and ensure that AI adoption contributes to cohesion, not polarization.
