Leadership as a verb

Stop saying “AI did it”

On the dangerous habit of giving a tool the credit, the blame, and the power that belong to people.

Oct 13 • Diamantino Almeida

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September 2026

The most powerful people in the room were not in the room

On the UN AI sessions, the rhetoric of alarm, and the force nobody named

Sep 29 • Diamantino Almeida

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What we’re choosing to ignore, statistically.

AI has no intentions of its own, but the systems we build, deploy, and scale can still amplify human bias, misinformation, insecurity, and harm.

Sep 18 • Diamantino Almeida

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You Are Already Working in a Silo

The most damaging workplace silos are often invisible. Here is how leaders can expose them, improve collaboration, and make better decisions.

Sep 16 • Diamantino Almeida

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What It Actually Takes to Build AI That Works in Production

As engineering managers, CTOs and tech leads, we see the hype every day.

Sep 8 • Diamantino Almeida

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Why I am learning to fact-check before I join the crowd

The feeling of being persuaded

Sep 1 • Diamantino Almeida

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August 2026

Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about engineering your identity

A tech leader’s honest take on building your professional self through choices, constraints, and small experiments.

Aug 18 • Diamantino Almeida

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July 2026

Pangram, the deeper problem may not be AI itself.

It may be our willingness to surrender judgment to systems that we built.

Jul 28 • Diamantino Almeida

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Six websites in seventeen minutes

The price of not stooping...

Jul 23 • Diamantino Almeida

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The doubt I didn't show him

I run a mentorship session most weeks with engineers from Africa.

Jul 22 • Diamantino Almeida

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The moment I realised I wasn't writing for anyone

Entry #4 — Writing is a marathon, and in my case an emotional one.

Jul 16 • Diamantino Almeida

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Being seen by a person

I think we just want to be seen, not quantified.

Jul 15 • Diamantino Almeida

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