Business‑school thought leaders outlined predictions for 2026 that shift the emphasis from raw AI capability to human judgment and relationship skills. Contributors from HEC Paris, Cambridge Judge, Duke Fuqua and others flagged a coming ‘‘peak of AI hype’’ in classrooms and argued schools will need to teach decision framing, ethics and human leadership alongside technical fluency. The collection of forecasts urges programs to rebalance curricula toward judgment, trust and communication—skills that are harder to automate—as AI becomes ubiquitous in administration and pedagogy. Several contributors predict a more selective, deliberate use of AI in learning environments rather than naïve adoption. Deans and curriculum committees should expect calls to rework learning outcomes: technical AI literacy plus applied judgment and relational skills will define competitive differentiation in 2026.