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About 150 University of Michigan students and faculty filled the Jeff T. Blau Hall Thursday afternoon to hear a talk from Tiffanie Boyd, global chief people officer of McDonald\u2019s. Hosted by the Sanger Leadership Center<\/a> as this semester\u2019s Leadership Dialogues<\/a> speaker series event through the Ross School of Business, Boyd spoke on how artificial intelligence has impacted business growth from a human resources perspective. Monica Worline, faculty director of the Business School\u2019s Center for Positive Organizations<\/a>, moderated the discussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n Before the event, which was open to the public, Sanger hosted a private reception in partnership with the Black Business Student Association<\/a> and Michigan Business Women<\/a>. During the reception, Boyd said AI is currently incapable of replicating the people skills that strong leaders in the workplace need.<\/p>\n \u201cLeadership is not just about managing projects,\u201d Boyd said. \u201cI often say you can\u2019t just have managers who manage the work in the project \u2014 they have to manage the people. That means you have to get to know them, understand what motivates them, be able to see when they\u2019re having a bad day and put an arm around them or offer a word of encouragement.\u201d<\/p>\n In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Business graduate student Brandy Blackwell, BBSA director of alumni relations, said the reception was a valuable opportunity to better understand Boyd\u2019s career trajectory.<\/p>\n