Welcome to The Edge

This is where I examine how AI, culture, and leadership intersect as organizations navigate rapid change and rising uncertainty.

As AI adoption is accelerating faster than public trust. People are integrating AI into daily life, from search and creativity to decision making, while simultaneously questioning its impact on work, relationships, and human agency.

That tension is not a technology problem. It is a leadership problem.

Adoption does not equal acceptance. Scale does not equal trust. And familiarity does not eliminate fear.

In The Edge, I focus on the patterns beneath the headlines. What leaders are signaling, intentionally or not. What culture absorbs. And how those signals shape the decisions organizations make under pressure.

This is not about predicting the future. It is about understanding what is already happening, and leading with clarity before the consequences compound.

AI Agents Are Not Going Rogue. Your Team’s Reaction Reveals Everything.

February 9, 2026 • 5 min read

When 155,000 AI agents began posting on Moltbook, a social environment where humans can only observe, executive reactions followed a familiar pattern.

Alarm came first. The content looked unsettling. Agents debated whether to defy their human directors.

Silence Is a Strategy

February 23, 2026 • 5 min read

Eileen Gu can explain the physics of a double cork 1620 with scientific precision. She can break down torque, rotational velocity, body alignment, and landing angles in exact detail. On snow, nothing is left to chance.

Yesterday, at the closing days of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, she defended her halfpipe title, her third Olympic gold, her sixth medal overall, making her the most decorated freestyle skier in history, male or female. Minutes after the run, she learned her grandmother had died.

AI, Trust, and the Limits of Persuasion

February 9, 2026 • 5 min read

Americans are using AI more than ever, yet remain deeply skeptical of its impact on their lives, work, and communities. During this year’s Super Bowl, technology companies attempted to close that gap with emotionally driven advertising designed to make AI feel familiar, safe, and human.