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...

Hi Reader, Last week we released an episode of Built by People Leaders with Greta Stahl, who runs organizational learning and development at Workday. She told me that most companies buy AI tools and then wait for the magic. And the magic doesn't come. And the reason is that "if you're just bolting on tools to old processes, it's not going to help you grow your business." There's research showing only about 27% of organizations have actually embedded AI into their core workflows. Everyone else...