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👋 Hi, I’m Monica.Most founders and business owners don’t need more strategy. They need more internal bandwidth.I coach founders to think more clearly, lead better, and run a business that doesn’t burn them out.I’ve spent 30+ years leading teams across corporate and start-up environments, responsible for people, revenue, and operations. I understand the pressure at the top - and what happens when the founder tries to carry it all.Those decades taught me one thing:If the founder is overwhelmed, the business will be too.No strategy fixes a leadership bottleneck.My coaching isn’t generic leadership training. It’s deep, personalised, evidence-based work grounded in performance psychology, neuroscience, and practical leadership experience.Credentials:• ICF-accredited Performance Coach• Neuroscience of Change certified• Positive Intelligence Coach• Certified Neuroscience Coach• CIPD Associate in HR ManagementSince starting my practice, I’ve coached founders and leaders from organisations including Nike, Amazon, Warner Bros, and the NHS -  but my focus now is singular:➔ founders navigating growth, decision fatigue, and the pressure to lead.Does this sound familiar?✔︎ You’re making nonstop decisions but trusting yourself less✔︎ Your team asks for things they should handle alone✔︎ You’re busy all day but key work isn’t moving✔︎ You’re dragged into fires instead of thinking strategically✔︎ Stress is rising and your headspace shrinking✔︎ You want growth but can’t keep leading like thisYou don’t need another masterclass.You need support tailored to you and your business.We work across three layers:1. Lead YourselfBuild the clarity and headspace to make better decisions and stay out of reactive mode.2. Lead Your TeamGet your team thinking for themselves, taking ownership, and solving problems without everything coming back to you.3. Lead Your BusinessMake clearer decisions, cut through noise, focus on what drives progress, and create momentum.Client results:✔︎ Simplified their business → revenue up 40%✔︎ Fixed costly team issues (incl. a £250K mis-hire)✔︎ Rebuilt confidence in communication and leadership✔︎ Stepped out of firefighting and regained thinking time✔︎ Reduced stress at work and at homeClients often say I make complicated things feel simple, and create a space where they can think clearly and make decisions they trust.📩 If you’re ready to lead with more clarity - and build a business that performs without burning you out - book a free 30-minute consultation.

Monica Federico, Assoc. CIPD

You can be a boss without being a leader.
Most founders learn that the hard way.

Building a business is one thing.
Leading one is another.

Most founders get pulled into the work.
I see it with my clients all the time.
Successful. Smart. Still “too busy.”

Almost every founder I coach thinks their problem is lack of time, but it’s usually leadership.

They run operations.
Solve problems.
Put out fires.
And somewhere along the way, the leadership part gets pushed aside.

It usually comes down to three layers:

1. Leading yourself
↳ Your clarity becomes the team’s clarity.
↳ Your emotional state sets the tone.
↳ Your habits set the pace.
Operate from a calm, focused, clear space and everything else steadies.

2. Leading your team
↳ Give direction, not micromanagement.
↳ Don’t get stuck in the weeds. Delegate.
↳ Help your team develop and grow.
Culture and alignment start here.

3. Leading the business
↳ Strategy becomes cleaner.
↳ Decisions get simpler.
↳ You shift from reacting to building.
This is where growth becomes predictable.

Founders often think leadership is something to revisit when things calm down.

But things calm down when leadership becomes the priority.

You can be a boss by default.
Becoming a leader is a choice.

And it always starts with how you run yourself.
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Monica Federico

Founder Leadership & Performance Coach | Helping founders think more clearly, lead better, and build a business that doesn’t burn you out | Based in 🇬🇧 supporting clients worldwide 🌎

Nobody likes to be disliked.

But in leadership, it’s inevitable.

John Lennon said, “Being honest might not get you a lot of friends, but it always gets you the right ones.”

It’s a life principle.

But if we are in charge, it becomes a requirement.

Because when the need to be liked outweighs the need to be honest, our leadership will suffer.

I’ve seen people-pleasing cost leaders more than they realise:

❌ Agreeing to business decisions they didn’t believe in because they didn’t want to upset a strong-headed team member.

❌ Letting unrealistic demands from senior leadership hit their team because they didn’t want to be seen as difficult.

❌ Avoiding giving new hires the guidance they needed because they didn’t want to come across as a micromanager.

People-pleasing isn’t harmless.

It leads to poor decisions.
It leads to underperformance.
It slowly erodes your authority.

The fix isn’t about being blunt for the sake of it.
It’s about leading with clarity, not appeasement.

Here’s where to start:

✅ Know your non-negotiables.
Decide what you will and won’t compromise on before you step into the room.

✅ Prepare for trigger moments.
Before a meeting or one-to-one, ask yourself: “Where could I slip into people-pleasing here?” Plan your response instead.

✅ Speak early.
Address concerns before they snowball.

✅ Separate disagreement from disrespect.
Challenging an idea isn’t the same as undermining the person.

✅ Anchor in shared goals.
Frame honesty around what’s best for the mission.

Being honest, even when it’s uncomfortable, is how you create teams that perform, trust you, and stay aligned under pressure.

Popularity is easy.
Credibility is what gets results.

What’s one thing that’s helped you speak up more as a leader?
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Leadership & Performance Coach | For founders who want to lead with clarity, calm, and strategic focus | Based in 🇬🇧 supporting clients WW 🌎

Your leadership won’t outperform your habits.
And neither will your team.

After coaching leaders and founders across industries, I see the same pattern repeatedly:

👉🏼 Your daily habits become the culture your team works inside.

When leaders are clear, intentional, and grounded, performance rises.

When they’re reactive or stretched thin, the whole system feels it.

Here are the 9 laws I see consistently in high-performing leaders who navigate pressure, build trust, and make better decisions under stress.

Which one is your favourite?
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Leading from the front

Doesn’t require doing every job.

Many still misunderstand what "leading by example" means.

Mainly because they’re stuck in the early-stage version of it.

When your team is small, rolling up your sleeves works.

It proves you’re willing.
It builds trust.
It keeps things moving.

I learned this firsthand.

When I was leading a team of 5, doing everything did work.

But when that team grew to 35, the exact same instinct started breaking things instead of building them.

And I see this pattern in every team that scales:

❌ If you keep doing every job, you stop doing your job.
❌ If you stay everywhere, your team stays dependent.
❌ If you signal commitment through hours, you teach exhaustion is normal.
❌ If you fix everything, they never learn to think without you.

At scale, “leading by example” changes shape completely.

✅ It becomes calm over chaos.
✅ Clarity over noise.
✅ Boundaries over burnout.
✅ Delegation over micromanagement.
✅ Thinking time over constant busyness.

Because your team doesn’t copy what you say.
They copy what you model.

📌 And what you model becomes the culture.

Switching from the old version to the real version isn’t dramatic.

It’s a series of small, deliberate choices that shift how your team operates, even when you’re not in the room.

If you want a team that leads, stop showing them leadership means doing everything.

Show them what leadership looks like now.
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The smartest founders are often the most overwhelmed.

Not because they lack intelligence.
But because their minds never stop generating solutions.

Every problem gets a new tool.
Every challenge gets a new framework.
Every dip gets a new strategy.

More apps.
More advisors.
More methodologies.

It happens quickly.
You see possibilities everywhere.
And the very thing that makes you effective starts to scatter your focus.

When you can see ten ways to solve something, it’s tempting to try all ten.

Meanwhile, the simple answer sits there.
Ignored.

Under pressure, switching to something new gives the mind a quick sense of relief.
It feels like progress, even when it isn’t.

Complexity doesn’t create clarity.
It buries it.

I’ve seen founders stack system on top of system.
Each one made sense on its own.
Together, they created chaos.

The team couldn’t keep up.
The direction blurred.
Momentum dipped.

Mental clarity isn’t about hunting for better solutions.
It’s about creating space to use the ones you already have.

One strategy, fully executed, beats ten half-started.
One clear metric beats a dashboard of noise.
One focused quarter beats a year of pivots.

The founders who operate at their best don’t collect everything.
They commit to what matters.

In a world built to sell you endless solutions, the real power is knowing when to stop adding.

What’s one thing you could pause this week to see things more clearly?
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20,000 followers 🥳
Some call it a vanity metric.
I call it 20,000 humans who chose to be here.

That's the capacity of O2 Arena in London.
That's Madison Square Garden in New York.

Of course, not everyone's online at the same time.
Not everyone reads every post.

But still - it's a community!
And when I think about it like that, it's genuinely humbling.

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Many of you are relatively new here.
So let me reintroduce myself.

I'm Monica. I'm 56, with a 37-year career behind me – much of it in management and leadership.

That experience comes in handy now.

I work with founders who are feeling the pressure and realising they need to evolve as leaders if the business is going to keep growing.

Over the last 4 years, I've integrated applied neuroscience into my coaching practice.

Always learning something new about how our brains work under pressure.

It helps my clients perform better without the burnout.

I'm based in London, working with clients worldwide.

I mostly work from home, which means I could be anywhere.

And if I had the choice? Sydney, without question.
Lived there for a couple of years in the nineties and it still calls to me.

Some personal bits:

😻 Obsessed with cats (and all animals, really)
🦝 Have one cat, Plato, but would happily add two more cats, a raccoon, and a dog if my lifestyle allowed :)
💄 Own a ridiculous makeup collection. It's meditative, like painting with colour and shape

A nice counterbalance to the strategic thinking I do all week.

Now your turn.

Tell me one thing I should know about you.
What brought you here? What are you building?

Let's turn this number into real connections.

PS: And if you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
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3 ways to stop avoiding the hard conversations.

It’s not conflict that makes some conversations hard.

It’s our resistance to discomfort.

Most of us don’t need another course in communication.
We just need to get better at staying in the awkward bits.

Here are three ways that help:

1️⃣ Notice your escape routes.
 • Delaying, softening, or joking to dodge tension
 • All small ways of saying I don’t want to feel this
 • Pause instead. Let the silence do some work.

2️⃣ Stay with the feeling, not the story in your head.
 • Discomfort doesn’t mean you’re wrong
 • It usually means you care
 • Breathe. Name it. Keep going.

3️⃣ Choose honesty over harmony.
 • Awkward moments pass
 • Avoidance lingers
 • The more truth you speak kindly, the more trust you build

The best leaders aren’t fearless.

They’re the ones who can feel the heat 
and still keep the conversation open.

PS: How do you handle the moments that make you squirm?
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Failing twice doesn’t make you a failure.

But losing perspective will.

Most people don't spiral because they fail.
They spiral because they forget to zoom out.

A missed target feels like a disaster.
A tough week feels like proof they're not good enough.

But it's rarely the event.
It's the meaning we attach to it.

When stress kicks in, the brain's threat system takes over.
Focus narrows. Confidence dips.

We stop seeing the full grid of wins and zero in on the two red crosses.

That's not failure.
That's distortion.

Here's how to reset perspective when you're in it:

✅ Ask yourself: "What would I tell a client in this exact situation?"
(You already know the answer. You just can't see it for yourself.)

✅ Write down 3 recent wins before analysing any loss.
(Your brain needs evidence that you're not actually failing at everything.)

✅ Set a 24-hour rule before calling anything a failure.
(Most "disasters" look different after a night's sleep.)

High performers don't avoid mistakes.
They manage their state when mistakes happen.

Because when you can hold perspective under pressure, you can handle anything.

PS: What helps you zoom out when everything feels too close?
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Image inspo: psychologyposts_ on IG.

When your head is overloaded, big productivity systems don’t help.

Your brain doesn’t have the bandwidth for them.

I get to this point almost every year.
And I know I’m not alone.

Many of us hit this stage where half of our brain is planning for next year.

We’re trying to tidy up the loose ends of this one.

And we’re noticing the things we thought we’d finish…
and didn’t.🤷‍♀️

It creates a quiet mental clutter that sits in the background.

Nothing dramatic.
Just a little less clarity.
A little more noise.

And that’s when I reach for these tools.

They’re simple.
But they’re effective.

They might sound basic.
But they’re grounded in performance science.
And each one targets a specific mental state.

They work because they help your brain do what it struggles to do
when it’s overloaded.

Five different tools.
Five different states.
About five minutes each.

If your head feels full right now,
pick one and give it a go.

PS: How's your brain doing right now? Just me? 😉
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5 quick & easy ways to declutter your mind

You can’t master the 4 quiet habits.
Without mastering no.5 first.

Plan. Pause. Reflect. Simplify.

They sound simple.
Until real life gets in the way.

That’s why high performers rely on no.5:
the habit that makes them work.

 👉🏼 Saying no to everything that isn’t these four.

You can’t Plan in back-to-back meetings.
You can’t Pause when everything’s urgent.
You can’t Reflect while solving everyone’s problems.
You can’t Simplify when you keep adding more.

The highest performers get this.
Founders, executives, even ambitious juniors.

They protect these four habits.
By declining everything else:

• The meeting that hijacks planning
• The chat that kills pause time
• The “quick question” that breaks reflection
• The new idea that ruins simplicity

They’re not being difficult.
They’re being disciplined.

These quiet habits only work in actual quiet.
And quiet doesn’t happen by accident.

It happens when you guard it.
When you say “not now” to the urgent.
When you choose depth over being liked.

High performers don’t rely on quick fixes.
They protect the habits that matter.

Because that’s what keeps them high performing.

PS: Which of these 4 habits gets interrupted most in your day?
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Red flags get all the attention.
But green flags are what leaders should reward.

Our brains are trained to spot the gap.
The problem.
The risk.
The person who isn’t pulling their weight.

That’s the brain doing what it’s built to do.
It prioritises threat over everything else.

Useful for survival.
Terrible for leadership.

Because when we’re glued to what’s wrong,
we miss what’s working.

We miss our steady performers in the middle.
We miss the green flags that quietly keep everything moving.

And the irony?
What we reward gets repeated.

So this week, try switching the lens.

✅ Spot the green flags.
✅ Name them.
✅ Reinforce them.
✅ Make the good behaviours visible.

People rise when they feel seen for what they’re doing right.
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Earlier this month my brain felt like it had 39 tabs open and a YouTube ad playing somewhere in the background.

I kept pushing… until last week, when I finally had to take my own advice.🤦🏼‍♀️

As a performance coach, I spend my days helping people optimise their minds.

But even I forget that peak performance is not built on hacks.

It comes from recovery.
It comes from maintenance.
It comes from the boring habits most of us overlook.

Looking after your brain is not just about feeling better.

It is about:

- clearer business focus
- better decision making
- better emotional regulation
- being able to show up fully for your team, your work, and the people you care about

So I went back to my own checklist, the simple habits that keep my mind sharp without burning me out.

And as soon as I made a couple of small tweaks, I could feel the difference almost immediately.

So here is my invitation to use the infographic as a little self-audit 👇🏼

You do not need to tick every box on the checklist by Monday.

You can add a change or two per week.

And since it is Friday, consider this your permission slip to start small this weekend.

Give your brain the conditions it needs to show up fully next week.

PS: Happy Friday!
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72% of founders report feeling burned out. 

And it’s not just “the hustle.”

It’s bandwidth overload.

Burnout for founders rarely shows up as “I can’t do this anymore.”

It shows up as:

– Making slower decisions
– Snapping at tiny things
– Losing creative sharpness
– Feeling busy but oddly unproductive
– Carrying the whole business in your head
– Working all day but making no real progress
– Never having space to think beyond tomorrow

That’s not weakness.

That’s cognitive overload from running an entire company on a low bandwidth.

Most founders don’t burn out because of hard work.
They burn out because they’re:

✔️ the chief problem-solver
✔️ the decision engine
✔️ the emotional shock absorber
✔️ the strategist
✔️ the operator
✔️ the culture-setter
✔️ the safety net for everyone else

And you were never meant to hold all of that alone.

Here are 7 signs your leadership bandwidth is overloaded...and what to do before it costs you clarity, your team, or the business.👇🏼

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Sources:
– Startup Snapshot, State of the Startup Report (2023)
– Startup Snapshot & Intel Ignite, Founder Wellbeing Update (2024)
– MindForward Alliance, Wellbeing in Startups (2022)
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The highest performers I know share one secret.
They've lost more deals than they've won.

Not because they're bad at selling.
Because they refuse to sell their integrity.

Sales targets and high-pressure environments are where our values get tested most.

I've seen it throughout my entire career. 
↳ Talented people at every level making dubious choices under pressure.

From founders fudging numbers to junior team members being pushed to bend the truth by leadership.

The temptations are always the same:

• Exaggerating capabilities to close the deal
• Hiding limitations until after the contract’s signed
• Creating false urgency to push decisions
• Omitting information because they didn't ask
• Overpromising timelines you know can’t be met

Here's what people don’t tell you.
Every bent truth is a loan you’ll pay back with interest.

➔ The client you deceive today becomes the damaged reputation tomorrow.
➔ The shortcut that hits this quarter’s target creates next quarter’s crisis.
➔ The impossible promise you make to close the sale becomes the team burnout that costs you your best people.

True high performance isn’t about winning at any cost, but being able to build something sustainable.

And nothing built on compromised values ever lasts.

The highest form of accomplishment?
Standing by your principles when they’re tested.

Even when – especially when – the pressure is on.

Because integrity beats quarterly targets.

Every single time.

PS: What’s the hardest values test you’ve faced in business?
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Leaders alway teach us something.

Sometimes we teach what not to do.

We’re shaped by the leaders we admire… 
and the ones we hope we never become.

It starts early.
Watching the adults around us.

Noticing what lifts people up.
Noticing what shuts people down.
Quietly thinking "Right. I won’t be like that."

And the same thing happens at work.

We learn from the brilliant leaders.
The ones who stay calm, clear, present.

But we learn just as much from the overwhelmed ones.
The reactive ones.
The ones who stopped paying attention.

Those lessons stick.
They shape how we make decisions.
They shape how we treat people.
They shape the culture we create when it’s our turn to lead.

Here’s what most people forget.
Someone has learned from us in the exact same way.

A team member.
A colleague.
A friend.

They’ve watched us at our best and at our worst.
And they’ll carry those lessons forward…
including the ones we never meant to teach.

That reality can sting.
But it’s also the wake-up call most leaders need.

Because it brings the focus back to the only thing we control.
How we show up today.
How we set the tone.
How we correct ourselves when we realise we’ve gone off-track.

Your behaviour becomes someone else’s blueprint. 
Make it worth repeating.

PS: What's a lesson that stood out for you?
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Successful people master one underrated skill.

Saying no to almost everything.

Most people think success comes from doing more.

Taking more meetings.
Chasing more ideas.
Saying yes to more opportunities.

But the best leaders don’t play that game.
They choose subtraction over addition.

Every “no” protects their energy.
Every “no” sharpens their focus.
Every “no” keeps them on the path that matters.

Steve Jobs rejected over 90% of Apple’s ideas.

Not because they were bad,
but because they distracted from the few that would change everything.

The same is true for founders and leaders I coach.
They rarely suffer from a lack of ideas.
They suffer from too many good ones.

If you want more clarity,
start cutting.

Say no to work that doesn’t align.
Say no to clients who drain you.
Say no to meetings without purpose.
Say no to perfectionism disguised as progress.
Say no to busywork that makes you feel productive but changes nothing.

Success isn’t built by doing more.
It’s built by having the discipline to stop.

PS: What’s on your “stop doing” list next week?

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A little important reminder:
Your mind builds your future before your actions do.

Your brain is constantly building mental shortcuts.
And the sentences you repeat become the shortcuts you rely on.

We usually treat our thoughts like harmless background noise.

But your brain is always listening, and always learning.

And the phrases we default to are often these:

“It’s so busy right now.”
“There’s so much to fix.”
“It’s hectic … I must work late.”

They feel accurate.
They feel small.
But repeat them often enough… and they become a filter.

A filter that scans for chaos → notices chaos → reinforces chaos.

Not because it’s the full truth, but because it’s familiar.

This is how leaders end up stuck in constant firefighting mode.

You slowly train your mind to prioritise problems over possibilities.

Here’s a simple 3-step reset to break that loop:

1️⃣ Catch the sentence

Interrupt the pattern by naming the exact phrase you keep repeating.

2️⃣ Reframe it (without pretending everything is perfect)

Swap “It’s chaos right now” with:
“This is a demanding moment, and I can navigate it.”

Same reality.
Different mental instruction.

3️⃣ Redirect your mind toward opportunity

Ask:
“Where’s the leverage point here?”
Your mind will follow the instruction.

This isn’t about being positive.
It’s about taking control of your mental defaults.

Because intentional thinking is a competitive advantage.
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Most businesses get this backwards.

Many moons ago, when I was in corporate, we were going through a major rebrand.

On the surface, the business was doing well.

But underneath, three things were slipping:

• Client retention
• Employee retention
• And the ripple effect: declining customer experience

The obvious instinct
↳ fix the customer journey first

The real solution
↳ fix the employee experience first

So instead of rewriting scripts or tightening KPIs, 
we shifted our focus inward:

• We invested in the team
• We rebuilt the employer brand
• We opened decision-making from the bottom up
• We made development, recognition and communication part of the strategy

Very quickly, it became clear:

✅ When people feel supported, customers feel it too.
✅ You can’t build a strong customer brand on an undervalued or exhausted team.

The lesson I took with me:

✍🏼 If you want better customer outcomes, start internally.

Ask yourself:

• Are people genuinely heard?
• Do they understand the why behind decisions?
• Are we developing them consistently?
• Would they recommend this as a workplace?
• Are our employees true ambassadors of our business and brand?

Because when your people believe in what you do, they take care of your customers.

And your customers take care of your P&L.
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Some days you’re able to be successful.
Some days you’re not.

Some days it’s your turn.
Some days it’s not.

My week wasn’t bad.
It just wasn’t my turn.

And for a moment my mood dipped… 
nothing dramatic, just that wobble we all get.

It passed.
I know how to bring myself back now.

But when we’re ambitious, it’s easy to forget that slower weeks still move us forward.

That’s why I like the message in this video.👇🏼

In sport there’s no real failure.
What we call failure is often just progress we haven’t recognised yet.

Not every day feels like a win.
Not every week feels like progress.
But none of that means we’re off track.

Some weeks are momentum.
Some weeks are maintenance.
And all of it counts.

If this wasn’t your week either, nothing’s wrong.

Enjoy the video and have a lovely weekend!
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Video source: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks post-game press conference, 2023.
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I help people get clarity.
This week, I was the one getting it.

I had an interview for a feature about my work with Executives Diary Magazine.
And it made me stop in a way I haven’t in a while.

Talking things through forced me to look at my own path with fresh eyes.

When you’re deep in the day-to-day, you rarely pause to ask the bigger questions:

Why do I do this work?
What impact am I trying to have?
What actually matters to me as a coach and a leader?

Some answers surprised me - not because they were new, but because I hadn’t said them out loud in a long time.

A few things came up:

→ The calm I bring to clients isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.
→ Helping founders and leaders think clearly is still the most meaningful part of the job.
→ And self-leadership isn’t a concept for me. It’s the thread that’s shaped every chapter of my career.

The interview reminded me of all of that.

Sometimes it takes someone else’s questions to reconnect with your own direction.

So this post is really a thank you.
Not just for the feature,
but for the clarity the conversation sparked.

It’s easy to keep moving and forget the deeper reasons behind the work.

This week gave me a moment to stop, look up, and remember.
And it felt really good.

Here is the article: https://lnkd.in/etuxJW-d
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Luca Collina MBA

TRANSFORAGE TCA LTD

Providing solutions to business organizations by helping them to establish efficient and results-oriented transitional and transformational strategies.
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: our framework HIT™ ( HIGH-iMPACT TRANSFORMATION) connecting the transformation with the company and business strategies and supporting the delivery of the activities required to achieve the Company's goals for a safe GTA™(Go-to-Adoption) with our integration model. 
𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲: Leave out the hype and support CEO's to strategise, implement and adopt AI functionalities for Businesses reducing risks about - Business Impacts? Benefits and dis-benefits? How to implement AI in your Business?
𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵: Unmet customers' needs Jobs To Be Done(JBTD) and Business Strategies.

AI & Business | Digital Transformation | Automation | Business Continuity and Growth

The Knowledge Academy

Professional Trainer

Gold Ventures Investment

Strategic Partnership with Gold Ventures Investment for the UK,  to activate a consistent network and connected to the global one of GVI, while:
- Scouting. of new and exciting startups, and evaluation of startups to invest in through due diligence services.
- Supporting startups and scaleups in planning and executing growth strategies included, but is not limited to Market- fit, Market development. Product, Sales,  Branding, Traction, Culture and Team development.

Strategic Partner UK- Startups Coach

The Highway of Change

•	Conducted and achieved ERP Readiness Assessments in critical projects, through remote meetings, and qualitative analysis, including but not limiting to Business and Change assessment, Organizational culture analysis, 
•	Formulating strategies supporting Stakeholders and Change manager in planning activities for the implementation and resistance management, reducing pitfalls and increasing the buy-in with the stakeholders.
•	Successful strategy assessment and proposal supporting the development of the Institute of Change and Transformation Professional Asia (ICTPA), through relevant research about Asia perspectives and culture, managing Remote meetings and conducting qualitative research.
•	Successful Service offering analysis and proposal to create business models options for The Highway of Change in Asia through critical analysis, remote meetings with prospects and qualitative analysis.

Associate Consultant

York St. John University

MBA in Management Consultancy full-time- Grade Distinction.

MBA Student full-time 

JDA Software

•	Project manager in delivering manufacturing and Supply chain technologies, in EMEA Market (Europe)
•	Managing off shore  and on shore teams
•	Reviewing of project risks and issues including escalation through the agreed channels where necessary
•	Being responsible for all stages monitoring and controlling projects’ milestones and activities 
•	Securing and allocating resources to the different project phases and sourcing,

Project Manager -Manifactoring and Retail

K3 Business Technologies

Project manager for multiple and concurrent MICROSOFT ERP projects (implementation, upgrade and integrations)  across multiple industries (manufacturing, retail, finance).
Key Responsibilities
- Delivering `cradle to grave` project management within strict time and budget limits, following Sure Step methodology
- Managing and engaging key stakeholders, to ascertain requirements and ensure all parties are effectively informed of project details and technical aspects, including risks, opportunities and quality of the delivery
- Developing agreed project plans and customizing approach to organisational needs - translating solutions and information to be understood by a wider audience
- Scheduling and managing meetings at appropriate points in the project with the customers’ stakeholders
- Reviewing of project risks and issues including escalation through the agreed channels where necessary
- Managing proposals with the customer through the agreed change control process

Project Manager -MS- Manufactoring- Retail

Peterson - onepeterson.com

Project manager for UK side, in a large scale, multi-country AX 2012 implementation project (UK and Holland, responding to the Dutch Project manager. Business analyst in two strategic integration sub-’projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Producing project plans, developing planning with Project Leads and monitoring the delivery of work streams against plans
- Working pro-actively to ensure the alignment of UK and NL work and successfully meeting the deadline of go-live
- Checking the quality of output and compliance with business requirements and scope, including commitments in proposals with exposure to AX 2012 processes such as Finance, Project accounting, HRM basic, Procurement, Workflow, and Security
- Undertaking detailed Business analysis activity for Purchasing and for the integrations of 3rd parties’ software for Transport and F&F.

Business analyst- Project manager (UK)

Cutting Underwater Technologies

Project manager in the implementation of a Corporate ERP system multi-site and multi country, (including UK parent company, Norway and Singapore subsidiaries)

Analyzing and detailing project scope – working directly with the general manager and all key stakeholders to determine the business requirements of the ERP and CRM systems to maximize productivity and profits – responsible additionally for Software and vendor selection
- Developing and implementing Corporate ERP solution in the other subsidiaries, sharing parent company’s policy and procedures
- Designing and implementing Corporate CRM solution (UK, Norway, Singapore) to optimize leads,
opportunities and marketing activities in the decommissioning industry around the word - integrating RFQ and proposals with Sales and finance ERP processes
- Full-cycle Project Management: for both the supplier and key staff, to ensure the project was achieved within budget and timelines, reporting to GM and Board.

Change and Project Manager

HISKILL SRL

Working with clients to identify Supply chain business issues that need addressing and then developing a strategy to resolve them by recommending practical solutions, and leading the delivery of the solution proposed Project management for IT, ERP and Supply chain vertical solutions implementations.
 Development of organizational plans for business processes change management; transformation processes, effectively supporting a team of managers in plan execution
 Proving expert consultancy regarding Business case, coordinating business blueprinting activities and pre-sales activities
 Managing multiple and concurrent ERP / CRM projects, across multiple industries, multi-site, from project Initiation, through to project closure and customers’ approvals, planning and scheduling Partners’ and Customers’ staff, running stakeholder meetings and resolving problems arising
 Coordinating customer and supplier development teams, directing the implementation process while maintaining clear lines of communication

Senior Managing Consultant

I am a 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and an 𝗠𝗕𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and a 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 – 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲  from York St John University. 

I am an innovative and strategic thinker professional making models and frameworks research-based available to clients such as 𝗛𝗜𝗧-𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻©  and 𝑷𝑯𝑺𝑺𝑰© 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂-𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒆-𝑺𝒆𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏-𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒚-𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉.

I combine agility and capability on transformational initiatives impacting growth and digital and business transformation. I make challenging projects actionable through promoting awareness, knowledge transfer and coaching by considering the strategic and operational impacts and relationships between “hard” elements -strategy, organisational structure, operations- and “soft” elements -values/vision, management, people- of an organisation.
I approach the transformations with an organisational and cross-border culture consideration to guarantee strategies and operational processes integrations effectiveness to improve performances and sustainability.

CORE COMPETENCIES
•      Strategy management 
•      Business and organizational strategies 
•      Business growth
•      Business and Digital transformation
•      International Supply Chain integration and collaboration strategy and models
•      Organizational culture and change 
•      Scaling-up coaching

Digital Transformation | RPA Automation | AI & Business | Organisational Culture

Luca  Collina MBA

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤

The old definition of success was efficiency. The new yardstick is how quickly people can learn with A.I. by their side. This change is not all about tools or automation. It is altering how people gain confidence, assume responsibility and transition to new roles.

In a lot of organizations, two people doing the same job now develop at dramatically different rates. You use AI every day, in order to schedule work and explore ideas and learn new skills in real-time. The other holds off on formal training. The divide between them widens over a few months. It is not a gap in talent. It’s a learning-access gap.

For HR and learning & development (L&D) leaders, this means AI is not just a technology project. It is a power shift that impacts growth, performance and opportunity. If more people can adapt and succeed, not just a few or the most privileged, then AI will become something like your pencil: scarcely noticed yet yielding countless benefits.

#ai #generativeai #agenticai #futureofwork #learninganddevelopment  #workforcetransformation #skillsdevelopment #organizationallearning

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A manager recently shared a story that has stuck with me. Two co-workers were hired onto her team simultaneously. We had the same stories, reasons and

Open article: When AI Becomes a Learning Partner, the Workplace Changes by Luca Collina MBA • 3 min read

When AI Becomes a Learning Partner, the Workplace Changes

𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥

While solutions are plentiful, most AI projects collapse not because of bad models. They don’t work because teams never agreed on the problem, the goal or how the work would fit the real tasks. For the last year, I’ve been watching the same patterns repeat across sectors as early adopters in generative AI pop up throughout industries and signal positive early signs of productivity.

#artificialintelligence · #digitaltransformation · #productivity · #aigovernance · #responsibleai · #aiadoption
In this article, I break down the actual causes of failure, highlight recent cases dating from 2023 to right now and provide fresh data on just how generative AI is proliferating across the workforce. I also examine early signs of productivity increases, and detail how clear goals, sound data use and careful operational design continue to determine whether an A.I. project will succeed or not.

If you’re planning your next AI project, these words of wisdom could help you pause, re-establish a solid foundation and concentrate on matters that count before writing any code.

I’m interested: what/all of these points do you see all too often in your own company or client work?

And what do you think teams still underestimate when they embark on an AI project?

Why Most AI Pilots Fail An explanation of why failure is that is most never technical. My experience illustrates that teams often seek a technical fix

Open article: Rethinking Why AI Projects Really Fai by Luca Collina MBA • 3 min read

I share a good thing I found from Wiley In Research : Practical insight on how to responsibly make AI work for academic (writing & research) purposes.

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A guide for research, authors, editors, and reviewers(not only for academia)

𝓗𝓤𝓜𝓐𝓝𝓢 & 𝓐𝓘 

Handling AI is getting 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜  than you.

On the left side of the table it encourages us to remember that tools are meant to benefit you, not become your identity. “Don’t be the slave of the instrument,” sounds easy enough — until your AI gets to be better at finishing sentences than you are.
AI may, after all, be able to offer us a longer sight line, but if we cease thinking for ourselves, we’ll be no more than tourists peeking out from under somebody else’s skull.
Collaboration’s nice, but equilibrium is what makes it all right.

Let AI crunch, sort and recommend — but let humans choose, question and decide.

And the right-hand column wisely reminds us by means of old Italian sayings: all this modernising intelligence just can’t help but cook more than it ought. 
Perhaps the secret is not feeling like you’re of the same species in the first place at work -just two minds (human and constructed) watching each other’s backs.
#humanaibalance  #mindfulai  #responsibleai #humanintheloop

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This startup is building micro-drones that hunt down mosquitoes…

Each drone weighs around 40 grams and uses smartphone microphones, car parking sensors, and AI signal processing to detect mosquito wingbeats mid-air… and then… neutralize them with precision.

It’s meant to make pest control smarter and more efficient… though honestly, we could probably think of simpler ways to deal with mosquitoes?!

And.. if AI can track, locate, and eliminate something as small as a mosquito… imagine what happens when someone decides to direct it toward bigger targets.

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Happy International Project Management to all current and future #projectmanagers!. Thanks Gina Saad for sharing it.

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what is gonna to change if the industrial logic of scale and scope risk to diminish the competitive impact on Strategy ?

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In the age of AI, corporate strategy must shift from the industrial logic of scale and scope to a modern intelligence logic centered on knowledge and expertise. As a corporate strategist, your challenge is to generate compelling answers to these three questions: 1) What is our portfolio logic? 2) What is our corporate operating model? and 3) What are our unique algorithms? Like constructing a house, you must first secure the foundation (portfolio logic), then design the structure (operating model), and only then install the advanced systems (algorithms).

https://lnkd.in/eh5Ry4kx

Open article: 3 Questions to Ask About Your Corporate Strategy in the Age of AI by hbr.org

3 Questions to Ask About Your Corporate Strategy in the Age of AI

This group brings together people interested in jobs related to analytics, data science and artificial intelligence - employers and employees equally. Members are free to discuss any issue concerning recruitment in this field, for example trends, required skills, job titles, salary levels, interview questions, etc. Potential and existing professionals (including analysts, statisticians, mathematicians, data scientists, data engineers, market researchers, consultants, teachers, students, etc.) are all welcome to join.

This group provides a platform for experts to discuss all kinds of relevant topics, offering questions and answers to all the issues people interested and involved in the area may encounter, such as: Technology, data management, machine learning, deep learning, Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLM), MLOPs, Machine Learning, DataOps, Data Governance, deployment, organisational issues, ROI, leadership, data-driven culture, change management, cultural change, recruitment, talent acquisition, compliance, digital trust, responsible AI, ethics, taxation, privacy, data privacy, GDPR, etc.

Exidion is to give a new governance model that exists outside the computational stack, make decisions based on principles sourced from several scientific domains, thus providing mankind with stable and transparent method of directing advanced technology. A meta discourse. Good Luck Christina Hoffmann

Human Intelligence first | Intelligence based on Cognitive Maturity | Psychometrics & Psychological AI Safety | Founder of Exidion AI & Brandmind

𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.

People keep asking what Exidion does.
Here’s the clearest explanation.

𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗚𝗜.
We don’t fix AI.
We don’t align LLMs.
We don’t operate inside the model stack at all.

Because the current paradigm cannot be fixed from within.
It was built on one partial truth:
reducing intelligence to brain-like computation.

Useful, yes, but radically incomplete.

𝟮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆.

Today’s AI has:

•	no real context
•	no human dynamics
•	no values or meaning
•	no legal or ethical grounding
•	no cultural or developmental understanding

It predicts patterns. Nothing more.
It was built through one narrow cognitive lens and 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱.

𝟯. 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵.

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.

Today that means AI.
Tomorrow: autonomous agents or robots. 

This layer won’t generate answers, it will 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮.

𝟰. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿.

AI took ~80 years to reach today’s level.
Governance for agentic systems needs something that has never existed:

A unified grammar across:

•	epistemics
•	ontology
•	developmental + cognitive psychology
•	neuroscience
•	cultural anthropology
•	AI research
•	law + ethics
•	systems + complexity science
•	governance science

Over 15+ scientific domains fused into one framework to define the rules that can govern intelligence.

This foundational work takes minimum 5–8 years if done properly.

But it creates governance that is:

	•	transparent
	•	peer-reviewed
	•	culturally aware
	•	psychologically informed
	•	globally applicable

Not another intelligence that can “learn itself into the wrong direction”.

𝟱. 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗜 ‘𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.

Companies impose ad-hoc rules.
No shared science.
No principles.
Just “don’t help build bombs.”

That’s not governance, it’s basic risk filtering.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺, 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Exidion isn’t an AI project.

𝗘𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁. 

Once this layer exists, it will redefine how humanity and technology coexist: 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁, 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

This is the work.

This is Exidion.

AI Consultant to Top Level Executives | Helping Enterprises & SMBs Unlock Growth, Productivity & ROI with AI.

Every tech shift looks stupid… until it becomes obvious.
Calculators then. AI now.

In school, I watched a teacher argue that calculators would “destroy real thinking.”

She said the same sentence every time someone pulled one out:

“If the machine does the work, how will you learn?”

Funny thing is…
We still learned.
We just stopped wasting time on stuff the tool could do faster.

And that’s exactly what’s happening with AI today.

Teams aren’t scared of AI.
They’re scared of admitting they’ve been solving the wrong problems.

Here’s the truth no one likes to say out loud:

→ AI won’t replace your job.
↳ It will replace the version of your job that hasn’t evolved yet.

The moment you stop treating AI like a threat and start treating it like a teammate, everything changes.

Here are 3 simple moves you can steal today:

✓ Stop doing “calculator work.”

If AI can do it faster, let it.

Your value comes from judgment, not manual tasks.

Start delegating 30% of your recurring work to an AI agent this week.

✓ Build a thinking layer.

Most people dump tasks into AI and complain about bad output.

Top performers create a 3-step prompt:
↦ Context
↦ Goal
↦ Quality bar

This makes AI work like a junior analyst who finally gets it.

✓ Redesign one workflow a month.

Not a tool.

A workflow.

Pick something painful in your team and rebuild it with AI in the loop.

That’s how real ROI shows up — not from random tools, but from rebuilt processes.

The people who complained about calculators didn’t stop the future.

They only slowed down their own progress.

AI is the new calculator.

The only question is: are you still doing long division by hand?

What’s one workflow you know you should have rebuilt with AI by now?

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I fully agree with this approach especially at that age, just to fuel dreams but with education too. ( P.S. The cuteness from the kids is Awesome !)

Teachers using AI to show students in their dream job

In classrooms across China, teachers are using Al to bring students' dream jobs to life . 

This powerful approach helps them see themselves as future stars, lawyers, and more. 

A meaningful way to inspire ambition and confidence early on.

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𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥.
𝗪𝗘’𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧 “𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗.”
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗦: 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗧𝗬?
In the last 48 hours, a shift happened that most people still haven’t processed:
The United States authorized the export of advanced AI chips to the UAE.
For many, it’s “tech news.”
For those who understand sovereign power—𝗜𝗧’𝗦 𝗔 𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗞𝗘..

Because this isn’t about chips.
It isn’t about licensing.
It isn’t about who gets what model.
It’s about who controls compute—the raw national horsepower that determines:
• who trains the most advanced AI
• who sets global technological standards
• who automates industry, energy, security, and defense
• who becomes dependent on foreign adversaries
• and ultimately, who survives the next technological era

Let’s be clear:
𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗘 = 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿.
𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗘 = 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗘 = 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆.

And the UAE positioned itself exactly where the world wasn’t looking:
inside the next frontier of American strategic partnership.
While others debated timelines and sci-fi doom scenarios, the UAE quietly built:
• a national AI campus
• hyperscale data centers
• energy-rich compute hubs
• sovereign digital infrastructure
• a space program aligned with AI + industrial capacity
• partnerships with NVIDIA, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Cisco, AMD, Cerebras

This is not “access.”
This is ascent.

And yes—most people will completely miss what just happened.
Because they’re still asking the wrong question:
“What happened?”

The real question—the one that determines the next decade of power—is:
𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗧𝗬?
The UAE just gave the world the answer.
Whether anyone else follows is a different story.
More details and full analysis in the article below ↓↓
(plus the AI generated  Oval Office graphic for those who understand power dynamics)
—
Linda Restrepo
Editor-in-Chief, Inner Sanctum Vector N360™ — Sovereign Intelligence & National Security Technologies
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