Ideas I want to write about

Be slow to judge and quick to forgive.

Data becomes information when at least one of two related things are true:

1. We learn something for next time

2. We make different decisions or take new actions

If you’re not getting one of these things, then the data is simply noise. A distraction that wastes our time and confuses us.

Scarcity is the path of power. Connection is the way toward abundance.

Connection creates culture and possibility, while the inverse, scarcity, creates a kind of value.

Some work to create status roles and monopolies and the leverage that we have over others, while others work toward resilience and mutual support.

Most companies make the mistake of tracking what's easy to measure (lines of code, PR counts) rather than what actually matters — “outcome over output.”

• Stay awake. Pay attention. Tunnel vision is a liability.

• Find the hidden openings. Opportunity often shows up disguised as misfortune.

• Change on purpose. Not from fear. From presence.

  • Stephen Moegling

We're tempted to isolate ourselves from change, by building a conceptual or physical moat around our version of the future. Better, I think, to realize that volatility is the new normal.

The choice is to build something that's perfect for today, or to build something that lasts. Because perfect for today no longer means perfect forever.

We say something quick and confident, because sounding certain feels safer than pausing to find the truth.

Faking it doesn’t help you learn, it just locks you deeper into the version of yourself that’s afraid to change. Real growth is messy and uncomfortable, and happens when you break the mask. When you raise your hand and say, “I’m not sure.”

• Conor

Execs who mature into strategic leaders learn to slow their reaction loop. They feel tension and ambiguity without getting agitated (or defensive), and learn to operate within paradoxes instead of resolving them.

The technology is accelerating, with new AI releases arriving at a breakneck pace. Yet beyond “better productivity,” we rarely define why or to what end we’re building these models. There are many good possible answers. AI is an amplifier of human intentions. So the real debate is: Which intentions do we want amplified?