Recommended by Diamantino Almeida
I have been reading Leadership in Change for a while. Joel piece on why most AI implementations fail landed with me specifically the gap between good leaders making bad AI decisions is exactly the territory I keep circling around from a different angle.
Meng Li is an AI engineer who builds the things others write think-pieces about. Apache Link is committer, creator of the Solid UI AI painting project, daily updates on what is actually changing in the industry from someone on the inside. No hype. Just technical clarity from someone who reads the code, not just the headlines. If you want to understand what AI can and cannot do, start with someone who writes it.
This is a new publication that I have being following I totally believe that leaders should be developed before they’re asked to lead.
Great publication to give you better tools and mindset on how to deal with money.
If you care about leadership, culture, and how to keep teams aligned when things are messy, it is worth reading. If your interest is more in AI, power, or the long-term human cost of technology, it may feel more traditional and less focused on those topics.
It’s for people who already use AI but reject the usual story that AI is “just a tool” to be dominated or optimised.
Jurgen Appelo has been thinking about leadership, management, and how humans organise themselves for longer than most people have been using the word "agile." His new work on human-agent teams is where that thinking is going next and it is worth following. He left a comment on my post this week that said more in one line than most leadership content manages in a thread. If you are building something or leading people, he is worth your attention.
Technology is moving at an exponential rate, but our organizations are still governed by linear human systems. I recommend Exponential View because Azeem Azhar is the best at mapping this 'Great Gap.' It is required reading for any CTO who needs to look beyond next quarter’s roadmap and understand the structural shifts reshaping our society.
I'm enjoying reading Joel posts, he has been a CEO and train CEO. Very interesting publication, it's a "curated newsletter designed specifically for CEOs and senior executives."