Hi Reader, A few months ago, I sat with a senior engineering leader — sharp, self-aware, running a large org inside a big tech company — and walked him through his GC Index profile. He looked at his results for about a minute and went straight to the lowest number. Four scores high, one sitting at a 3. And he did what almost everyone does the first time. He pointed at the 3 and asked me how to fix it. I didn't answer that. It's the wrong question. The GC Index doesn't measure how good you are...

Hi Reader, Daria's here. And today I want to talk to you about communities. Honestly, I think it's one of the best ways to learn, grow, and connect. It is so valuable — and also so hard to build. It starts with real energy. People show up. And then, somewhere around week six, it goes quiet. We tend to blame ourselves for that. Maybe we didn't have enough passion or needed more follow-through. But enthusiasm and passion aren't really the problem. The missing part in most communities is...

Hi Reader, Last week I joined Todd Michaud on his podcast, the Work Intelligence Loop, alongside my partner from AI Leader's Compass, Giorgio Zampirolo. Partway through, we hit a question that turned into a bit of a debate. Who should own AI in an organization? Three of us had three different answers. Todd went first, and he was direct about it. The CEO is the Chief AI Officer — who else could it possibly be? If you lead the organization, AI adoption is your job. It's too big and too...