A Dartmouth instructor who left consulting for academia described how the release of ChatGPT in late 2022 forced rapid curricular change and experimentation, both in classroom design and assessment. The professor created a course, "AI and Consultative Decision Making," and argues that disruptive technologies follow historical patterns: they arrive unpredictably, start in niche uses, then ripple across institutions. The account offers concrete lessons for faculty governance, assessment policy, and academic integrity — urging institutions to pilot new pedagogies and update assessment methods rather than ban tools outright. University leaders should expect messy, iterative adoption as AI reshapes learning objectives and advising.