@thegostev / discovering tech leadership, human side of decision making

When I first encountered these Greek distinctions as a young manager (around 2008), they transformed how I approached my managerial practice. Instead of asking only what people could produce, I began asking what work would allow them to excel according to their nature....
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Roughly three months ago, a friend of mine looked at my AI-generated article draft and asked a question that changed everything: "It's fine, but where are you in this?" That's when I realized - it's the AI efficiency trap – you save time but sacrifice the very thing readers want: my perspective....
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Last week, we had beers in Warsaw with tech guys of my age. One of them watched a CEO's face fall as his tech team explained why their much-hyped LLM implementation wasn't delivering the promised results....
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Being on board with the vision and being ready to act are different matters. The 11% difference between people saying climate change should be the government's top priority and those supporting a fossil fuel phaseout tells the story....
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I realized something last week: I know more about some YouTubers' childhoods than I do about my own grandmother's life. This bothers me more than it probably should....
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