Leaders Loop“Claude cuts my TikTok”: How this creator is scaling video with AI | Brooke Lacey
Watch now (37 mins) | 🎙️ Brooke Lacey shows live how Claude Code turns a raw phone video into a captioned, jump-cut TikTok in about 15 seconds
Reading List
The Leadership Reading List
We don't write everything worth reading. This is where we collect the best leadership and business writing from other publications and blogs, so you don't have to go looking for it.
Why Data Modeling Is Not Enough
Otto Dettmer/Ikon Images Imagine that, as an operations manager at a global retailer, you have invested heavily in data science. Your data science team has built sophisticated models that produce demand predictions for the company’s products with impressive accuracy. Yet, when the CEO, seeking to increase profit, asks you how much inventory should be held […]
Two commuting hacks
Just about everyone commutes to work, by car or by public transit. And just about everyone carries a smart phone. All organizations have a communications problem, and it gets worse as they grow. Which issues are we facing today? Who else is on the team? What’s changed in the environment, and what do we need […]
Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic)
Listen now (72 mins) | Emmanuel Ameisen of Anthropic explains what looking inside language models reveals about planning, consciousness, and AI safety
Anticipating confusion
I know that you know that taking this exit will get us to Sheridan Drive, but the person who’s likely to be driving down this road in a few minutes has no idea. Let’s agree that most street signs are for folks who know where they’re going. We would label things differently if we were […]
🧠 Community Wisdom: PRDs for agents, tracking competitor messaging, whether software moats still exist, exercising startup options when you leave, and more
A curated collection of community questions and advice covering PRDs for AI agents, competitor messaging strategies, software moats in modern markets, and how to handle startup equity options when departing.
The race to the bottom feels inevitable…
but it isn’t. A company wants web traffic, so it dumbs down content, builds listicles and grows. But then others become even dumber or more convenient, so it has to race to keep up with them. Eventually, with nothing but junk, it fades away. A company builds a reputation for delivering useful permission-based email newsletters. […]
The Business of Signing a Superstar Athlete
Kenneth Shropshire, professor emeritus of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School, explores the expectations, business opportunities, and community impact that come with signing a superstar athlete like LeBron James. … Read More
A good worker
The truth is, I’m not a good worker. I’ve had very few traditional jobs, and my performance on typical tasks was poor. Work the exact hours, do precisely what’s asked, don’t ask questions and focus on what the boss wants. We modeled ‘good worker’ behavior in school. “Will this be on the test?” was the […]
Leading Thoughts for October 15, 2026
IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Dave Rossi on living with purpose: "Without this sense of purpose, emotion and rumination can take over, acting like a thick fog that distorts vision and clouds judgment. While emotions are powerful, they are not the objective truth. They can trigger impul
Purple Space problem solving
On the 19th of October, I’m doing an open Zoom call for members of purple.space and those that might be curious about how cohorts and mutual support open the door to possibility. Here’s the recording.
The Defining Challenge of Responsible AI Is Designing Systems That Preserve Human Judgment When and Where It Counts
For the fifth year in a row, MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have assembled an international panel of AI experts comprising academics and practitioners to help us understand how responsible artificial intelligence is being implemented across organizations worldwide. In previous posts this year, we have explored AI’s impact on the workforce, […]
Addressing fear
Don’t bring a spreadsheet to a fear fight. Change causes fear. And change is all around us. The fear of the unknown. The fear of failure. The fear of uncertainty. Mostly, we’d like safety. And when the world changes, safety feels like it’s in short supply. One reason we have security theatre is that the […]
Why Gen Z Is Choosing Sports Betting Over Retirement Savings
Michael Platt, professor of marketing, psychology, and neuroscience at the Wharton School, explains why sports betting is capturing young people’s attention and what it means for their financial futures. … Read More
The Analytics Behind Baseball’s Small-Market Success
Mike Petriello, Major League Baseball's director of stats and research, explains the swing data, player development, and matchup decisions changing how teams compete. … Read More
Meta’s new ‘Muse Wonder’ model: good for AI agents, bad for design
Watch now (24 mins) | 🎙️Meta launched Muse Wonder with claims of frontier agentic performance, so I ran it headlessly through Claude Code against nearly 20 tasks to find out if any of it is true
Why Every High-Performing Leader Needs a Pacer
Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images Jakob Ingebrigtsen, one of the best middle-distance runners ever, has won gold medals for Norway in two Olympics, won multiple world championships, and set five world records at distances between 1,500 meters and 2 miles. Watch him and you’ll see that he’s often aided by someone running with him for part […]
Things people don’t say
Marketers and politicians too. We don’t say them because it’s assumed. And because we’re afraid. “I might be wrong.” “I’m just guessing” “This might be selfishly motivated.” “It could be that I’m hallucinating.” “I heard this somewhere but I don’t know firsthand that it’s true.” “I know I sound certain, but I’m not.” When an […]
The Leadership Style That Gets You Here Won't Get You There
IN the early stage of an enterprise software startup, the founder is often the best - and main - salesperson. And that makes sense – founders have the deep product knowledge, intuitive understanding of the market, and heartfelt enthusiasm to win over customers, even when they thought ‘sales’ wasn’t really their thing. But if you want to scale up, at some point founder-led sales are going to hit a
When AI Makes Financial Decisions
Winston Dou, faculty director of the Wharton AI in Finance Lab, explains how AI agents could improve financial decisions while creating new risks for markets, competition, and regulation. … Read More