When Institutions Buy Time That They Cannot Afford
The EU's AI Act delay is not a regulatory story. It is a leadership story.
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Essays on leadership, resilience, and artificial intelligence
Every essay since 2010, newest first.
The Second Coming-of-Age of Humanitarian Leadership
From Appeals to Architecture — Why Resilience Is the New Credibility
Announcing my new book - The AI Fluent Leader
Been spending a lot of time working on AI for the past month. Will be sharing more on that over the coming weeks.
Leadership in an Age of Systemic Disruption
For much of modern history, leaders could focus on managing change within relatively stable systems. Markets shifted gradually.
Why Most AI Strategies Fail
Over the past two years, artificial intelligence has moved from a technical curiosity to a central topic in boardrooms around the world. Executives who once viewed AI as a distant technological development are now asking urgent questions about how it will...
Resilience Is a Strategic Advantage
For many years, resilience has been treated as a personal quality. It is often described as the ability to endure difficulty, recover from setbacks, and keep going when circumstances become hard.
Why AI Will Expose Shallow Strategy
For many years, organizations have operated under strategies that were not as strong as they believed. In stable environments, weaknesses in strategy can remain hidden for a long time.
Reskilling the Workforce Is Not Enough
Across industries, there is growing agreement that artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the nature of work. As a result, organizations are investing heavily in reskilling their workforce.
AI Does Not Replace Leaders. It Exposes Them
Artificial intelligence will not replace leaders. But it will expose them.
The Crisis Leader - New and Revised Edition
In a world increasingly shaped by disruption, uncertainty, and “permacrisis,” the ability to lead through chaos is no longer a niche skill; it is a core leadership imperative.