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Clear Thinking Is the Leadership Skill AI Can't Fake

Clear Thinking Is the Leadership Skill AI Can't Fake

Executive coach Steve Barton explains why many leaders run on outdated mental code, how The Game of Ten® helps clear fear and self-doubt, and why clear thinking is the leadership skill AI can’t fake. ...more

Business

October 16, 2026•8 min read

Builders Are Everywhere. Operators Are Scarce. What Christopher Hussain Taught Me About Scaling in the AI Era

Builders Are Everywhere. Operators Are Scarce. What Christopher Hussain Taught Me About Scaling in the AI Era

AI made building fast. So what's your moat? 3x founder Christopher Hussain on why operators now matter more than builders, and what startups need to scale: sales systems, go-to-market, and a team that... ...more

Technology

September 25, 2026•8 min read

Fluent in the Tool, Illiterate in the Tradeoff

Fluent in the Tool, Illiterate in the Tradeoff

Frank Bravo led a newspaper through the print-to-digital collapse. His lesson for the AI moment: companies are fluent in the tools and illiterate in the tradeoffs—and clarity, not the tool, is the rea... ...more

Technology

September 18, 2026•8 min read

Your AI Agent Can't Take a Selfie — So Who Verifies It?

Your AI Agent Can't Take a Selfie — So Who Verifies It?

AI agents can transact and spend on your behalf—but they can't take a selfie or hold an ID. Ravi Bijlani of KYXStart.Ai joins Arun on the trust layer for the agent economy: how to verify who, or what,... ...more

Technology

September 11, 2026•8 min read

The Money You Lose in the Gaps

The Money You Lose in the Gaps

High earners rarely lose money to bad decisions—they lose it in the gaps between their advisor, CPA, and insurance agent. Lord Munjal of Alpheva AI on building an AI "family office" that coordinates y... ...more

Business

September 04, 2026•8 min read

The Boring Stuff Wins: What Building an AI-Native Company Actually Looks Like

The Boring Stuff Wins: What Building an AI-Native Company Actually Looks Like

Companion essay to my conversation with Aidan McConnell, founder and CEO of QuantLink AI, on What Comes Next. ...more

Technology

August 28, 2026•7 min read