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NATURAL + ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

One decision worth stealing. Weekly.

AI strategy for executives who are still human. Each issue gives you one framework, one kill criterion, or one scar with the lesson attached.

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#028 - Your AI Committee Can Discuss. One Person Must Decide.

Thursday, 16:20. An AI model starts sending bad recommendations. The steering committee meets on Monday. The governance chart says, “The committee owns the decision.” The operating team now has two bad options: wait four days while the problem continues, or act without authority. On the op...

Aug 01, 2026 ai governance ai strategy executive decision-making

#027 - The Law Is Coming for Your AI Content.

On 2 August, your AI content gets a new audience. The regulator. That is when Article 50 of the EU AI Act starts to apply. Providers of generative AI systems face duties to make synthetic content detectable through machine-readable marks. Professional users can face disclosure duties for deepfake...

Jul 26, 2026 ai governance ai risk & compliance executive decision-making

#026 - What has to stop for this to start?

Can you have two girlfriends at the same time? Technically, perhaps. Ethically, not in my world. Practically, it usually ends in disaster. Not because two is a difficult number, just because both relationships compete for the same finite resources: attention, time, care, and energy. A serious r...

Jul 18, 2026 ai strategy executive decision-making prioritization & focus

#025 - Efficient today. Leaderless in 2030.

I keep having the same conversation. Different city. Different industry. Different company size. But the same conversation. An executive tells me about their AI transformation. How they automated the entry-level work. Cut the graduate intake. Flattened two management layers. Reduced headcount by ...

Jun 13, 2026 executive decision-making future of ai leadership psychology

#024 - You're In Love With the Idea of AI.

I dated a woman who fell in love with a man I'd never met. He had my name. My voice. My address. But when she described him to her friends, I didn't recognize him. The accomplishments rearranged. The future she'd already written for us. A version of me she'd carefully composed. She wasn't lying. ...

May 17, 2026 ai strategy executive decision-making leadership psychology

#023 - I Owe You an Update. The Timeline Changed.

I have my routines that make me strong. Or stronger. Exercising every day. Taking a walk in my forest. Reading. Meditating. Learning. They are not impressive. They are not optimized. They are not hacks. They are the small, repeatable things that hold a person together when the world keeps changin...

Apr 25, 2026 ai strategy future of ai leadership psychology

#022 - AI Is Like Your Boyfriend. Genius and Idiot, Sometimes.

He solves a Rubik's Cube in one minute. Then he forgets your mother's name. Again. He explains quantum entanglement to your dad at dinner. Then you tell him — for the third time this week — that your sister is coming on Saturday. He nods. He smiles. Saturday arrives. He has no idea why she's stan...

Apr 19, 2026 ai risk & compliance ai strategy human-ai collaboration

#021 - The One-Second Gap That Separates Leaders from Their Ego.

Most leadership (and personal) failures do not begin with strategy. They begin in a fraction of a second. Not in the boardroom. Not during the quarterly review. Not in the strategy offsite with sticky notes and expensive consultants. They begin in the instant after someone challenges your idea. Q...

Apr 06, 2026 change management executive decision-making leadership psychology

#020 - Stop Diagnosing. Start Building.

I was thinking recently about the beautiful journey of building a family from a romantic relationship. It's an adventure filled with discovery. Yes, there are twists and turns, but that's what makes it real. You bring different strengths to the table. You carry stories from your past that shaped ...

Jan 24, 2026 ai strategy executive decision-making future of ai

#019 - The Art of Subtraction.

We all know the saying: "Sometimes less is more." It resonates deeply with me, but it took me years to understand why. I have a default setting: over-responsibility, especially with loved ones. I tend to think about their needs before they do. I plan for them. I try to predict what they want, oft...

Jan 11, 2026 ai strategy leadership psychology prioritization & focus

#018 - You Are Not Alone. In Business, Too.

Most of us run our businesses in a state of semi-consciousness, reacting to the loudest fire instead of following a clear internal compass. But the most successful leaders I know operate differently. They move through the world with their eyes wide open, fully aware of their own patterns, trigger...

Dec 31, 2025 change management executive decision-making leadership psychology

#017 - Target the Moon.

In the boardroom of 2025, the most dangerous phrase you can hear is: "Let's just start with the low-hanging fruit". It sounds sensible. It sounds lean. In reality, it is a sedative. We are currently caught in a global "Short-termism" trap, a psychological and economic glitch where we prioritize i...

Dec 21, 2025 ai strategy executive decision-making future of ai

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