There is a new comment doing the rounds in review meetings, Slack threads and document margins. It is rarely written this bluntly, but it means the same thing every time. “This looks AI-generated.” Notice it is not “this is wrong”. It is not even “I disagree”. It is a comment about where the work came from, and somehow it lands harder than any technical objection. Once it is said, the document is no longer being read. It is being suspected. ...
I took the Gallup CliftonStrengths assessment recently. Thirty four themes, ranked one to thirty four, the whole thing. Now the sensible person opens the report, reads the top five, feels quietly wonderful about themselves, and gets on with their day. I did not do the sensible thing. I opened a chat instead and said: before I tell you anything, you rank all thirty four for me. In order. With reasoning for each. ...
2025 wasn’t the year AI got smarter It was the year our thinking got exposed. By the end of 2025, most conversations had moved past: “Can AI do this?” To harder questions: “Should we trust this?” “Who owns this decision?” “What happens if this is wrong?” What surprised me wasn’t what AI could do. It was what it revealed about how people think when AI is in the room. ...
“We’ll just start using AI and see where it goes.” It’s a common and understandable reaction. AI is moving fast. Tools change every quarter. Vendors promise the world. So why slow things down by writing a strategy? Here’s the uncomfortable truth: The earlier you are in your AI journey, the more you need a strategy — just not the kind you’re used to. Most leaders associate “strategy” with a fixed target state. Multi-year roadmaps. Detailed architecture diagrams. Commitments that age badly. ...
🪷 Dharma and Leadership: Lessons from Krishna and Rama When we think of dharma in Indian philosophy, two figures stand tall: Lord Rama, the symbol of moral integrity, and Lord Krishna, the strategist of divine pragmatism. Both upheld dharma—but in completely different ways. 1️⃣ The Dilemma: Krishna and Bhima vs. Duryodhana At the end of the Mahabharata war, Bhima fought Duryodhana in a mace duel. The rule forbade striking below the waist. Yet Krishna signaled Bhima to hit Duryodhana on the thigh—breaking the rule and ending the war. ...