Hi Reader, Daria here. For more than 20 years, I’ve heard one story over and over again—that great managers are born, not made. That leadership is about charisma, instinct, and gut decisions. I hear it from the leaders I coach, the students I teach, and the business owners I talk to. I’ve been fighting this myth my entire career—through training, coaching, writing. And now, I’ve got help from somewhere I never expected: tech. Specifically, AI. As AI transforms the workplace at warp speed,...

Hi Reader, We all thought AI would make our work lighter. We imagined more space for thinking, creating, leading — and maybe even resting. Instead, many of us find ourselves surrounded by more noise than clarity. Endless drafts, summaries, reports, and presentations — all polished, all hollow. As Harvard Business Review recently called it, we’re drowning in “workslop”: AI-generated work that looks impressive but adds more work to fix. (Check out my LinkedIn post to learn more about it) And...

Hi Reader, I’ve been following the data on how people are using tools like ChatGPT. And to tell you the truth, I didn’t expect to see what I found. By mid-2025, over 700M people were using ChatGPT weekly. That’s almost 10% of the world’s adult population. On paper, it looks like a revolution. But when you dig deeper into how it’s being used, a different story comes out. Most people aren’t using it to push their work forward. They’re using it to make memes, draft Tinder bios, or ask random...