Diana Stepner
@dianas
Diana Stepner
Research suggests that to have a satisfying life, you need to regularly feel three things: achievement (recognition or a sense of accomplishment), meaningfulness (a connection to something bigger than yourself), and joy (happiness or positive emotion) in the moment. How well are you doing on each of those fronts?
https://hbr.org/2025/07/how-the-busi
Perhaps the real lesson of the Lattice controversy is that the discomfort wasn’t about the specifics of the proposal but about AI’s growing role in the workplace. Integrating AI into work won’t be solved by pretending it’s just another tool. It will require systems that safeguard human work, transparency, and accountability. The future of work
... See moreCognitive reappraisal is a way of reinterpreting a situation in order to change its emotional impact. It’s one of the most effective strategies for managing emotions. Instead of trying to suppress how you feel, you change the story behind the feeling.
Cognitive Reappraisal: The Art of Seeing Things Differently
Productive Tension
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-productive-tension-tim-wigham/
Using Effective Tension To Yield Higher Workplace Productivity
https://www.q4solutions.com/insights/effective-tension-workplace/
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
https://www.lifepurposes.com/resources/-artificial-harmony-personal-attacks-and-healthy-conflict
We can use LLMs to be more creative, not by replacing our own intuition or taste, but by sharpening our ability to recognize and cultivate those senses—making creativity something we can reliably nurture, rather than merely await.
https://every.to/learning-curve/a-science-based-guide-to-thinking-creatively-with-llms
The article emphasizes aligning organizational actions with core values and vision instead of solely focusing on creating perfect statements, highlighting the importance of mechanisms that reinforce these values in practice.
LinkAligning Action and Values - The Forum - by Jim Collins (June 2000)
Prompting Universal Intelligence UI-GPT
Let’s break it down with actionable insights and use AI as an example:
Your Thoughts Are Prompts
They instruct the systems you influence. Are your thoughts driven by abundance or scarcity?
Your Emotions Are Weights in the Algorithm
Gratitude amplifies outcomes, while stress distorts them. What emotions are you
Hi! Really interesting quotes in this podcast re: thinking about how to build for the future. For example...
When you're talking about databases, I bet the database you used this year is probably 5% better than the database you used two years ago, but that's not true at all with AI. It's like every two months computers can do something they've never
Sell an Identity Rather Than a (Supplement) Product