Philip Soriano

Organizations rarely fail because people lack confidence. They fail because no one is willing, or able, to say no.

Organizations’ worst employees, who receive little to no positive reinforcement every day, will soon have ASI agreeing with them. They will whisper to themselves, “the smartest intelligence that has ever existed agrees with me. My manager is wrong.”

This is intoxicating. It’s also organizationally toxic.

Fig 5. Individual AI echo chambers fuel... See more

I hold on to the words of Jonas Salk who said "our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors."

Whether it has to do with environmental degradation or degradation of our politics or of people, it seems as if the public is hungry for an individual to be a counterweight to Trump and Trumpism. I don’t know whether that person is Zohran Mamdani or Gavin Newsom, who is clearly trying to position himself that way. But for whatever reason, that... See more

“What would happen to our lives, our world, if the parent could unconditionally affirm the child, saying in so many words: “You are precious to us; you will always have our love and support; you are here to be who you are; try never to hurt another, but never stop trying to become yourself as fully as you can; when you fall and fail, you are still... See more

If we are courageous enough to say, "Not this person, nor any other, can ultimately give me what I want; only I can," then we are free to celebrate a relationship for what it can give.”

― James Hollis, The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other

Leaders who ranked low in adaptability had an overall effectiveness at a mere 16th percentile . In stark contrast, those who excelled in adaptability soared to the 90th percentile in overall leadership effectiveness. This dramatic disparity underscores adaptability as not just a beneficial trait but a transformative one.

Perhaps most intriguing is... See more