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Do You Have a Portfolio Full of Horse Stables?
TL;DR AI is a tool: It is not a strategy, a product, or a replacement for thinking. Treat it like any other tool, and the hype gets much easier to navigate. Perform and transform: Disruption asks you to protect what pays the bills today while making bets on what will pay them tomorrow. Clarity about which is which is the strategic work. Find your horse stables: The most dangerous part of your portfolio is the part you are defending that AI is about to reinvent. Judgement stay
Philip Edgell
Oct 207 min read


There Is a You in the Universe, You Know
"There is a 'You' in the universe, you know." Could you think of a more zen-like statement? And the fact that it happened in an Uber from San Francisco airport to my hotel could not have been more on-brand. The funny thing was I found that Uber ride incredibly inspirational. I would certainly be a person who checks the "quiet ride" option when booking. But on this particular trip, my driver was an engaging young guy trying to make sense of the world around him. The experience
Philip Edgell
Sep 49 min read


This Is Not My Usual Newsletter. I Hope You Read It Anyway.
I don't know what to do now. I have heard some version of that phrase more times this year than I can count. From executives at the peak of their careers. From people who have achieved everything they set out to achieve and found themselves standing in the middle of it, wondering what comes next. From young adults just starting, staring at a world that feels overwhelming and full of possibility in equal measure. I know that feeling intimately. As I navigate life and the many
Philip Edgell
Jul 247 min read
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