We are designing our V/TO® Three-Year Picture and need to know how to structure our future leadership team seats. How do we use the Predictive Index cognitive and behavioral job targets to define the future of our operations seat as it transitions from managing people to managing AI systems?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

As you build your V/TO® Three-Year Picture, you must recognize that the skills required to run your operations seat in thirty-six months will look radically different than they do today. The operations head of the future is not a people manager who coordinates schedules; they are a systems architect who manages automated workflows and AI agents.

To transition this seat successfully, use Predictive Index cognitive and behavioral job targets to define the ideal profile. Behaviorally, a traditional operations manager often requires a high conformity drive to follow established rules and a high social drive to manage team harmony. However, an AI-driven operations manager needs a high dominance drive to take risks, challenge inefficient processes, and a high formality drive to build precise, automated workflows.

Cognitively, the role will demand a much higher abstract reasoning capability to troubleshoot complex systems integration issues when your AI tools fail. Use these job targets to audit your current leadership team. This helps you identify if your current operations leader has the natural wiring to evolve with the seat or if you need to plan for a future hire. By aligning your hiring and training strategy with these data-driven profiles, you ensure your leadership team has the intellectual horsepower to execute your three-year goals.