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Leadership] Sallie Krawcheck: Contrarian Turnarounds → Startup Volatility → A Wealth Platform Built for Women

Leadership] Sallie Krawcheck: Contrarian Turnarounds → Startup Volatility → A Wealth Platform Built for Women

Sallie Krawcheck’s edge isn’t “finance celebrity.” It’s repeatable: see the industry’s blind spot, call it early, and build (or fix) the machine around it—even when it’s uncomfortable.

Book] Leadership | Classics Circle: The Republic - Plato

Book] Leadership | Classics Circle: The Republic - Plato

A Conversation Across Centuries Reading Time: 16 minutes Classical Period: ~380 BCE (Ancient Greece, Socratic dialogue) Core Philosophy: Justice is harmony. The philosopher must return to the cave. The examined life is the only life worth living. Why I'm Reading This Final month. Twelve months of reading classics,

Leadership] AI Is Changing Everything — How a CEO Managing $1.6 Trillion Stays Ahead, ft. Jenny Johnson from Franklin Templeton

Leadership] AI Is Changing Everything — How a CEO Managing $1.6 Trillion Stays Ahead, ft. Jenny Johnson from Franklin Templeton

AI Is Changing Everything—How a CEO Managing $1.6 Trillion Stays Ahead, framed in the tone and language someone like Jenny Johnson herself would use: clear, systematic, grounded, and pragmatic.

Leadership] FII - the Board of Changemakers Summary: Geo-Economics 2025: AI Power, Tokenized Finance, and the New Capital Map

Leadership] FII - the Board of Changemakers Summary: Geo-Economics 2025: AI Power, Tokenized Finance, and the New Capital Map

Top CEOs explain how AI data-center power, tokenization, and GCC reforms are reshaping capital flows. Why U.S. growth, private markets, and M&A lead—and why power infrastructure is the decade’s bottleneck.

Leadership] Courage in a Fractured World: What Brené Brown Teaches Leaders About Resilience, Trust, and Modern Uncertainty

Leadership] Courage in a Fractured World: What Brené Brown Teaches Leaders About Resilience, Trust, and Modern Uncertainty

Brené Brown reveals why today’s leaders must master uncertainty, vulnerability, and emotional regulation. Discover how courage, trust, and self-awareness are becoming the core skill set for CEOs, CIOs, and investors in a fractured world.

Leadership] When Grace Meets Justice: Reflections on the Launch of the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, ft. Amal Clooney

Leadership] When Grace Meets Justice: Reflections on the Launch of the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, ft. Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney and Philippa Webb launch Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice—using AI to scale legal aid, protect press freedom, and ensure tech serves human rights.

Book] Leadership | What It Takes - Stephen Schwarzman

Book] Leadership | What It Takes - Stephen Schwarzman

A sharp, leadership-focused summary of 'What It Takes' by Stephen A. Schwarzman — distilling how ambition, judgment, and institutional design create enduring success. Essential reading for finance, policy, and academic leaders building systems that last.