What if the leaders pulling ahead of you aren't working harder... they're just thinking differently? What if the gap between where you are and where you want to be isn't about strategy, talent, or resources, but about one skill you haven't developed yet? What if your team already knows something about your future that you don't? You didn't get where you are by ignoring shifts in the game. But AI isn't just another shift. It's a multiplier, on judgment, on speed, on the scale at which one leader can operate. The executives who understand this aren't just more productive. They're playing a different game entirely. LEAD WITH AI is the executive playbook for that game. Written by a sixteen-time Emmy Award-winning television executive turned AI builder and implementation coach, this is not a book about tools, trends, or technology theory. It's about thinking - specifically, how leaders who learn to think with AI make better decisions, communicate at greater scale, and build organizations that run faster and smarter than their competition. Inside you'll find five battle-tested frameworks: the RAT Trap (why most leaders are stuck and how to escape), BRIEF (the prompting method that turns AI into a genuine thought partner), the 4A Pre-Mortem (how to pressure-test every major decision before it costs you), AMP (the three multipliers where AI gives executives disproportionate leverage), and LEAD, the organizing philosophy that ties it all together. This is AI leadership strategy for executives who actually have to run something. For CEOs, presidents, and senior leaders who are done watching from the sidelines. For the ones who want to be the person in the room who gets it, not the one who has to be brought up to speed. The authority gap is opening right now, quietly, in organizations everywhere. The leaders on the right side of it aren't the most technical. They're the ones who started. Your decade is waiting. Lead with AI.