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THE CEO TABLE INSIGHTS 2025 • PART 2
AI, Leadership and the New Shape of Advantage

The Unfiltered State of NZ CEOs

Part 1 showed the divide opening up in New Zealand business. Part 2 shows what’s driving it. Across AI CEO Tables in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, leaders moved past the tools conversation fast. What surfaced instead was something harder to name — the emerging burden, posture and psychology of leading when the rules are being rewritten in real time. Five signals. Candid rooms. What NZ CEOs are actually grappling with.

The Unfiltered State of NZ CEOs

THE CEO TABLE INSIGHTS 2025 • PART 1