Newsletter 027

Time to read: 7 minutes

In this newsletter, you will find three topics:

1. The Question I Stopped Asking My Teenager

2. Answers Are Cheap, Judgment Is Not

3. Meetup & Bringing This Conversation to Your Team

Hi {{first_name | default: 'there'}}, 

I did not think I would do it. But indeed, I have stopped asking my teenager what job wants to do later.

Not because I do not care. But because the question itself feels outdated. Jobs will change. Tools will change. Entire industries will reorganise around technology we have not even seen yet.

Not in the next decade. In the next 1-5 years.

So instead, I have started asking a different question: how do you actually make sense of what's happening around you?

It’s surprising. But it’s necessary. Because the skill that will remain when every tool, title, and job description has been rewritten is the ability to make sense of what is happening around you.

And honestly? This is not just a conversation about teenagers choosing careers. This is the same conversation happening in my client’s professional lives. I hear this when I coach and I hear this when I consult.

Answers Are Cheap, Judgment Is Not

A big bang last week was the interview Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, gave to the Financial Times, where he predicted that artificial superintelligence will arrive in just 12 to 18 months. (I wrote about it in detail here.)

This is the version of AI that can fully automate white-collar work, and since building it is literally his job, we should take that timeline seriously. But here is the real point: the risk is not AI getting smarter, it is us losing human control, judgment, and accountability along the way, and most organizations are simply not ready for that conversation yet.

I see the gap between information and making judgement widening in the work I do as a coach and as a consultant.

AI produces reports. Dashboards update in real time. Every platform promises insight at the click of a button.

And yet. People feel more uncertain than ever.

Because having access to answers is not the same as knowing which ones matter. AI produces outputs. Leadership decides which ones to act on. And that gap between information and judgment is where real leadership lives now.

While I visited Davos during the WEF 2026 last month, I learnt about the "Chief Question Officer", who exactly addresses this problem.

No, it's not someone who literally has this title in your org chart.

It's the the leader (with any title), who succeeds is not because they have the fastest AI tool. It is the one who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.

Think about it. AI can draft a strategy in minutes. But it cannot tell you whether that strategy fits your team's culture, how will people feel about it, will they cooperate or there will be just silence. Everyone avoiding.

That requires something AI does not have: context, courage, and curiosity. Sense-making.

Meetup in Zürich

And if you want to actually practice that curiosity? I have something coming up that I am genuinely excited about.

On 12th March in Zürich, #OpenDoorInnovation — the non-profit platform I co-founded with Dr. Gitanjali Ponnappa and Andreea Stanescu — is doing something a little unexpected. We are swapping the meeting room for paintbrushes.

Innovation by painting.

Because it turns out that picking up a brush and experimenting without knowing the outcome is one of the best ways to train your brain to think like an innovator.

A professional painter will guide the session, supplies included. 

If you are in the area and curious what happens when you stop trying so hard to be clever, come join us.

REGISTER HERE 

Bringing This Conversation to Your Team

I am really glad to see that around International Women's Day, the theme of human leadership in an AI world resonates deeply. But this conversation is bigger than one day. Companies planning Q2 and Q3 events are asking: how do we move beyond AI hype? How do we prepare our leaders for what actually matters?

In my keynotes, I explore exactly this. Why sense-making is the new power skill. What remains deeply human in leadership. How to lead when answers are automated.

KEYNOTE TOPICS & EVENTS 

If you have not seen it yet, my TEDx talk "What AI Can't Hear" digs into what no algorithm can replicate: the ability to hear what is unspoken between the words. 

I will be speaking on numerous corporate and community events pre- and post-International Womens' Day in Switzerland and in the Netherlands.

My 2026 speaking calendar is filling up. If your organisation is looking for a keynote that goes beyond AI hype and into what leadership really needs now, let’s talk. Reach out here.

Thanks for reading. If something here sparked a thought, hit reply and let me know. I read every response.

Did you miss our last newsletters?

Inboxes can get a little crazy, right? Just in case you missed them, here are the links to our previous newsletters:

• Newsletter #26: I’m sharing why AI’s “adolescent” phase could disrupt 50% of entry-level jobs, what’s really holding leaders back, and why sending applications isn’t enough. → LINK HERE
• Newsletter #25: I’m sharing what Davos revealed about AI and accountability, why human conversations matter more than ever, and how to navigate career change with clarity in uncertain times. → LINK HERE
• Newsletter #24: I’m sharing how one career question is showing up everywhere, why the rules have changed, and how I built an AI tool without being technical. → LINK HERE

Thanks for reading. Just drop a quick reply if you have any feedback.

Wishing you a great weekend ahead.

Warm regards,

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