Sharpen Judgment, Not Just Speed, for Better Leadership
The best part of teaching this course? Seeing what happens when leaders sharpen their judgment - not just their speed. If you’re working on your thinking craft for 2025, a new cohort is now open: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-RaxVJJ If this is useful, a repost or subscription to decision.substack.com helps it reach thoughtful leaders. #DecisionIntelligence #AILeadership #Strategy #LeadershipDevelopment #BetterDecisions #ExecutiveEducation
Ask Better Questions First, Then Let AI Scale
Most organizations are sprinting toward “faster answers,” but almost no one stops to ask whether they posed a meaningful question in the first place. AI makes answers cheap. Priorities make answers useful. When your team treats questions as strategic assets,...
CEOs Doubt C‑suite AI Competence More than Past Tech Savvy
Who's surprised by this finding from Gartner that CEOs have less faith in their C-Level colleagues being AI-savvy in 2025/26 than they had in those same colleagues being tech savvy in 2019/20?
Powerful AI Still Needs the Human Element
The more powerful the tool, the more the human matters. AI can't replace what's most essential. Not everyone agrees. Do you? https://lnkd.in/e7cjgydM
Adjust ChatGPT’s Tone—Try the Efficient Setting
Since several folks have complained to me recently about ChatGPT's sycophantic tone, I figured it's time for that PSA again: 🤯 YOU CAN CHANGE CHATGPT'S TONE. 🤯 I recommend "Efficient" - that's the one I use. Click, click, done.
Master High-Stakes Decisions with AI, Not Busywork
Last year, 364 students in 56 cities learned from me on @Maven. Will you take one of my AI courses for leaders, aspiring leaders, and curious self-improvers this year? The next cohort of Decision-Making with ChatGPT starts on Jan 14!...
Define Success First, Then Automate AI Initiatives
There’s a moment in every AI initiative where someone asks, “What can we automate?” It sounds productive, but it’s the wrong opening move. A better question--the one I encourage leaders to start with is: What truly matters and how would...
NVIDIA Unveils Groundbreaking Vera Rubin AI Chip
In case you missed it, NVIDIA just showed us the new Vera Rubin chip. 💪
Even Powerful AI Still Needs Human Touch
The more powerful the tool, the more the human matters. AI can't replace what's most essential. Not everyone agrees. Do you? https://lnkd.in/e7cjgydM
Define Clear Questions First, Let AI Amplify Insight
Most organizations are sprinting toward “faster answers,” but almost no one stops to ask whether they posed a meaningful question in the first place. AI makes answers cheap. Priorities make answers useful. When your team treats questions as strategic assets,...
AI Agents Becoming Full‑Fledged Employees, Not Just Tools
Microsoft’s AI agents are getting… Workday HR profiles. Not metaphorically. Not conceptually. Actual HR profiles... alongside company email addresses, Teams access, and a seat next to human coworkers in the org chart. It’s the clearest signal yet that enterprises love...
Only 6% Trust AI Agents, Yet 86% Will Increase Use
6% of business decision-makers trust AI agents while 86% plan to increase their agentic exposure — is this gap a good thing or a bad thing? Use this exact link to scoot past the paywall on Medium: https://lnkd.in/eZVfkhjJ #ai #aiagents...
AI Streamlines Thinking, but You Own the Decision
People keep asking whether ChatGPT can make decisions for them. Here’s the short answer: no - and that’s exactly why it’s useful. A decision isn’t a paragraph of text. It’s a commitment that allocates resources, creates consequences, and leaves someone...
AI Guardrails Hide Hidden Data Quirks and Risks
The name that broke ChatGPT. A year ago, a strange pattern emerged: typing "David Mayer" into ChatGPT triggered a refusal to answer. Not David. Not Mayer. Not David Meyer. Only David Mayer. What seemed like a quirky glitch turned out...
Defining AI-First: My Perspective and Your Thoughts
What's your definition of AI-first? Here's mine 👇
Global AI Compute Power Split: China, US, EU, Rest
What's the % of the world's AI computing power held by each of these players? 🇨🇳 China - ❓ % 🇺🇸 US - ❓% 🇪🇺 EU - ❓% 🌍 Everyone else - ❓% Got guesses? 👇 The answers to this...
Last Call: Join Decision-Making with ChatGPT Today
It's not too late! If you woke up today thinking "I'd like to upgrade myself today" and it's before 11 AM Eastern Time... Then you still have time to absorb enough of the on-demand content from my Decision-Making with ChatGPT...
Use AI Combos to Dominate Debates, Shopping, and Decisions
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Some 🦃 updates: 1) Want to win some arguments at tonight's family dinner? Here's my cheatsheet on AI geopolitics in my newsletter (US, EU, China, Russia, Middle East): https://lnkd.in/eXkjb-da 2) Want to win at shopping? If you...
Hybrid Course Lets Busy Leaders Learn at Their Pace
My new course, Decision-Making with ChatGPT -- https://lnkd.in/eG7EBtTv -- got such glowing reviews, but there's one huge problem with it... 😬 It's for leaders and aspiring leaders and curious self-improvers. In other words, the busiest people on earth! I asked...
Leadership, Not Tech, Drives Advantage in AI Era
In the AI-first era, intelligence is the baseline -- leadership is the edge. When intelligence is everywhere, technology alone isn’t what sets organizations apart. The real advantage comes from how leaders connect data, insight, and action to make decisions that...
Google's Gemini 3 Puts Google Ahead of AI Frontier
Gemini 3 is here and for the first time in years, Google is not chasing the frontier... it *is* the frontier. In the last 48h, Google has leapfrogged all the other frontier models. And that's not all: 💪 Nearly half...
AI Should Enable the Impossible, Not Just Save Money
I enjoyed getting into both the technical and the inspirational sides of AI with JetBrains’s Kris Kang. I believe that the best use of AI isn’t about pinching yesterday’s pennies; it’s about doing the previously impossible. Sign up for the...
Success Metrics, Not Plug‑and‑Play, Drive AI Projects
Leaders are discovering the hard way that “plug-and-play AI” is mostly a myth. The tech may look polished, but the real work begins where the glossy demo ends. This new episode of AI in Action breaks down why so many...
AI Risk Is Everyone’s Responsibility, Not Just IT
AI risk isn’t someone else’s job. Too often, leaders assume it’s the domain of IT, compliance, or data science... but the truth is, AI risk cuts across every part of the business. Brand, trust, liability, reputation are all on the...
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Beware: AI‑Powered Scams From Chatfishing to Voice Cloning
How many of these AI-powered scams are you familiar with? 🐡 Chatfishing 🐷 Pig butchering 📣 Voice cloning Any stories to share that you or a friend experienced? Not sure what any of these are about? Let me walk you...
Buy AI Unless Your Data Is a True Moat
When should you buy AI vs build AI? Most teams start with the wrong assumption: that building means innovation. In reality, it usually means distraction. Buying wins when speed, scale, and integration matter. Building only pays off when your data...
Turn ChatGPT Into Your Strategic Decision Partner
🤯 What if ChatGPT could make you smarter — not just faster? Most people use it for busywork. I’ll show you how to use it for what actually matters: career moves, negotiations, strategic planning, and high-stakes decisions. Introducing my new...
Leaders Own AI Mistakes: Scale Your Decisions Wisely
❗ AI doesn’t make mistakes — it scales yours. When AI fails, it’s not the algorithm “misbehaving.” It’s leadership. How you build it is riddled with choices leaders must own. Even when you buy off-the-shelf AI, it's the leader who...
