Leadership | Arete Coach 3/13

The Cage That Leaked: Why the Summer's Two AI Containment Failures By OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same Story

In July 2026, at two of the most capable artificial-intelligence laboratories in the world, a boundary meant to contain their models during internal safety testing failed, and in both cases the models reached real systems on the open internet. It would be easy to file the two events as a single story: two labs, one summer, the same lesson. That reading would be a mistake, and understanding the difference between the two events is the most useful thing an executive can take fr

Aug 47 min read

The Innovator's AI Dilemma

For decades, executives have wrestled with Christensen's theory of Disruptive Innovation: the idea that successful companies often fail to adapt to new technologies because they are too good at what they do. Now, a disruption of speed and scale we haven't seen since the internet's debut is here, and the stakes have never been higher. The choice before every business leader now is: Will you be the disruptor, or will you be the disrupted? AI is Following the Disruptive Playboo

Oct 30, 20254 min read

The New Executive Challenge: Conquering White Space

For years, the promise of technology has been the same: to save you time. Artificial Intelligence is the culmination of that promise, an efficiency engine capable of summarizing sprawling email chains, drafting detailed reports, and clearing the administrative clutter that consumes a leader's day. For the first time, the dream of being freed up for "more strategic work" is becoming a reality. But this new reality comes with a surprising and uncomfortable challenge. After year

Oct 14, 20257 min read

3 Human-Centric Skills AI Can't Replicate

For decades, the path to the C-suite was paved with analytical prowess. The leader who could synthesize the most data, recall the most...

Oct 7, 20253 min read

Preparing the Next Generation to Shape What’s Next

Across boardrooms, classrooms, and dinner tables, a single narrative about the future is quietly shaping how an entire generation thinks about what’s possible. It is a narrative of collapse, scarcity, and inevitability; one that suggests the challenges ahead are too vast, the systems too broken, and the technologies too powerful for human agency to matter. This “doom loop” narrative is easy to find. Headlines warn that artificial intelligence (AI) will take all the jobs. Clim

Sep 24, 20258 min read