Leading Technological Transformation in Engineering: Insights into Innovation, AI, and Adaptive Leadership

Abstract

Leadership plays a major role in the tech advancement of engineering projects as it involves strategic thinking, acquisition of skills, and management of personnel for the purpose of attaining the goals of the project. This paper considers the ways leadership affects the processes of implementation and enhancement of advanced technologies focusing on the technical aspects and the human factors involved. Transformational, transactional, and adaptive leadership styles are evaluated for their ability to promote creativity, risk management, and technical success.
The paper outlines the technical obstacles that characterize engineering projects, such as the budgeting process, system integration, and project performance indicator monitoring, as well as where and how leaders manage teams in these scenarios. It also looks at how other engineers employ AI, IoT, and robotics technologies and their concerns about the need for continuous upskilling.