1. Ramesh Krishnan Thekke Parambu Madom (JP)
"A Compassionate AI for Grandpa Drucker"
2. Chizurum Anabaraonye (NG)
"What Would the Future of our Society Look Like when Machines Takeover? (An Open Letter to 21st Century Managers)"
3. Amoaben Agyeman-Nkansah (GH)
"MAN vs iMAN"
* HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL ESSAY
1. Emma Martinho-Truswell (AU)
"The answers a machine will never have"
2. Angela Pham (US)
"Man in the Mirror: How leaders can maintain humanity in a robot-driven society"
3. Meg Seitz (US)
"Creativity, Community, and Respect: Three Human Experiences A.I. Will Never Understand - and Shouldn’t "
* HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE MOST ORIGINAL ESSAY
Stefan Güldenberg
Dean of the Graduate School, Chair of International Management at the Department of Entrepreneurship, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Julia Kirby
Senior Editor, Harvard University Press, Author (with Thomas Davenport) of "Only Humans need apply: Winners & Losers in the Age of Smart Machines"
Elizabeth Edersheim
Founder New York Consulting Partners, Author of “McKinsey’s Marvin Bower” and “The Definitive Drucker”