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Unlearning Executive Judgment: Building Decision-Making Muscles in the Age of AI with Jim Highsmith

Jim Highsmith has been thinking about decision-making for a long time. When he wrote Agile Project Management in 2004, he...
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Defining Your Work Charter: How Context Becomes Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI

On my first day at Thoughtworks, I kept waiting for someone to tell me how it worked. There were no...
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The Frequency Era with Chris Walker

AI is changing how work gets done — but more importantly, it’s changing how people understand their value, identity, and...
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Incorruptible with Eric Ries

What if the companies that last the longest are the ones building enough trust that people want to keep participating...
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Human vs AI vs Human + AI: The Leadership Shift No One Is Explaining Properly

A lot of the conversation around AI is still stuck in the same, wrong place: Will AI replace people? It’s...
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In Case You Weren’t Sure, AI Is Definitely Not About Tools

Since launching Artificial Organizations, I’ve spent two and a half weeks on the road across North America—San Francisco, San Jose...
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Solve Business Problems with People with Melanie Steinbach

Most leaders think AI is a technology shift. It’s not. It’s a behavior shift. In this episode, I sit down...
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AI Ain’t Making You Better. It’s Exposing You.

Most leaders believe AI is making them more effective. In many cases, the opposite is happening. The leaders using AI...
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Stop Chasing Productivity—Start Thinking Better with AI with Misty Shafer Sterne

AI isn’t changing the game—it’s exposing how you think. In this episode, I sit down with Misty Shafer Sterne, Vice...
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Artificial Organizations is Here

It was just after midnight. The house was quiet. My family asleep. Dinner untouched. I was alone at my desk—again—rewriting...
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AI Isn’t About Productivity. It’s About Human Judgment

AI doesn’t make leaders decisive. It removes the friction that keeps them indecisive. The popular narrative around AI suggests something...
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Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results, and co-authored Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale

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I Didn’t Write Artificial Organization Faster. I Worked Differently.

When I announced Artificial Organizations last week, a few people asked how I managed to write it so quickly. I...
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Announcing My Latest Book, Artificial Organizations

Most leaders don’t need more information. They need better judgment. After years of advising CEOs, executive teams, and founders through...
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Shape podcast 47 min LISTEN

AI Productivity for Executives: Skyscanner CTO Andrew Phillips

From graduate engineer to CTO, Andrew Phillips’ 16-year journey at Skyscanner is a story of continuous reinvention. He didn’t chase...
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Six Counterintuitive Trends to Think About for 2026

Most leadership teams are preparing for 2026 by asking the wrong question. They’re asking: “How fast is AI improving?” The...
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The Octopus Organization with Jana Werner & Phil Le-Brun

Back when I first worked with Jana Werner at Tesco Bank, I saw firsthand how a crisis could be a...
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Leading AI Adoption in 2026

AI is about to create the biggest competitive divide since the internet. Not because the technology becomes magical in 2026...
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