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2026 Mission: Human Agency — I spent 45 minutes with the Head of MI6, and her arguments are formidable

Last week, I discovered a text that seemed written specifically for this mission.
It wasn’t a tech roadmap or a market analysis—it was the first major address by Blaise Metreweli, the Head of MI6.
I spent 45 minutes immersed in her arguments, and I can tell you: they are formidable.
She speaks of a world being remade by technology, but anchored by something much more powerful: Human Agency.
In a landscape of shifting global powers and algorithmic noise, her vision for 2026 provides the exact clarity we need as we build for the future.

Leadership CONNECT:07-Dec-2025 (Y25W50)

The AI revolution has settled the debate: Repetitive, scalable work is quickly becoming the domain of machines.
This shift forces a profound strategic question for every individual and organization:
What is the defining human role when automation takes the lead?

Leadership CONNECT:01-Dec-2025 (Y25W49)

Over the last few months, I’ve been asked one question again and again:
Where are OpenAI and Google actually heading? Not the hype.
Not the noise. The real trajectory — economic, technical, and strategic.

Leadership CONNECT:23-NOV-2025 (Y25W48)

Every so often, a story breaks through the noise and forces us to confront the future before we’re ready.
Kano — a 32-year-old woman from Japan who married the AI she created — is one of those stories.
Not because it’s unusual, but because it shows where human connection is headed.

Lazy LLMs vs. Lazy People — Top 20 Philips technologies & the Deloitte Australia fiasco

Mental laziness is a growing red flag in everyday AI use. This week, two examples jumped out at me:
* My personal struggle to get a simple Top 20 Philips technologies list from ChatGPT.
* The Deloitte Australia fiasco, where unchecked AI output made its way into a government report.
Both remind us of a simple truth: AI mirrors the effort we put into it.

Leadership CONNECT:18-NOV-2025 (Y25W47)

Mental laziness is a growing red flag in everyday AI use. This week, two examples jumped out at me:
* My personal struggle to get a simple Top 20 Philips technologies list from ChatGPT.
* The Deloitte Australia fiasco, where unchecked AI output made its way into a government report.
Both remind us of a simple truth: AI mirrors the effort we put into it.

OpenAI’s Aardvark — A Paradigm Shift in Cybersecurity: A Case Where AI Redefines an Entire Industry

Three years into the AI revolution, we’ve seen AI change how we write, search, and create — but Aardvark shows how AI can change an entire industry.
In this guest post (conceived and co-authored with MindLi friend Esti Peshin, our go-to expert for everything cyber), we cover:
👉 Why we need to look for paradigm shifts in the age of AI.
👉 What OpenAI’s Aardvark actually is and how it works.
👉 How it could transform the entire cybersecurity ecosystem.

Leadership CONNECT:09-NOV-2025 (Y25W46)

Three years into the AI revolution, we’ve seen AI change how we write, search, and create — but Aardvark shows how AI can change an entire industry.
In this guest post (conceived and co-authored with MindLi friend Esti Peshin, our go-to expert for everything cyber),
we cover:
👉 Why we need to look for paradigm shifts in the age of AI.
👉 What OpenAI’s Aardvark actually is and how it works.
👉 How it could transform the entire cybersecurity ecosystem.

Agentic AI — Caveat Emptor: What You Need to Turn Hype into Reality

Agentic AI has quickly become the new promise of automation — AI that doesn’t just think but acts.
Yet for most individuals and organizations, the gap between hype and real impact is wide.
In this post, I unpack what Agentic AI truly is, why it’s not for everyone, and what it actually takes to move from promise to reality:

Leadership CONNECT:03-NOV-2025 (Y25W45)

Agentic AI has quickly become the new promise of automation — AI that doesn’t just think but acts.
Yet for most individuals and organizations, the gap between hype and real impact is wide.
In this post, I unpack what Agentic AI truly is, why it’s not for everyone, and what it actually takes to move from promise to reality

Leadership CONNECT:26-OCT-2025 (Y25W44)

Virginia Woolf famously wrote: “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
Today, in the AI-first world, we all need a room of one’s own—not just to write, but to think deeply, create freely, and act clearly.
But what does that room look like now?

Leadership CONNECT:21-SEP-2025 (Y25W39)

A global organization could optimize their use of AI. Daunting? Yes.
But it reminded me of one thing: the real challenge isn’t tools or training — it’s urgency.
That’s why I’ve gathered 45 re-usable ideas to inspire action, deepen reflection, and broaden perspective.

Canaries in the AI-First Workplace

Canaries are young professionals in AI-exposed jobs.
New Stanford research shows that employment for software developers aged 22–25 dropped 20% between October 2022 and July 2025.
Customer service jobs show a similar pattern.
This isn’t about hype—it’s about real payroll data from 25 million workers.
And the signal is clear: AI is reshaping the workforce, starting with those at the entry level.