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David Gurteen

@davidgurteen.bsky.social
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My interests include curiosity, care, conversation, dialogue, responsibility, leadership, critical thinking, knowledge, science, cosmology, evolution, philosophy, complexity, innovation, diversity, and humanity.

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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
What happens when AI becomes another voice in the conversation? Join John Hovell and me for an online Knowledge Café exploring AI as a participant in our conversations. 14 July 2026, 14:00–15:30 BST Details and registration: conversational-leadership.net/event/event-...
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Event: AI in the Room | Conversational Leadership
Event: Conversational Leadership Café: What is Communityship
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Knowledge Café Online Workshop March 2026 Join me on 11 March 2026 for an online Knowledge Café Workshop. I will show you how to design and host your own Knowledge Café, online or in person. conversational-leadership.net/event/kcafe-...
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Event: Gurteen Knowledge Café Workshop | Conversational Leadership
Event: Gurteen Knowledge Café Workshop
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The February Gurteen Knowledge Letter is out. I look ahead to the year, reflect on Conversational Leadership, the limits of KM, the use of generative AI with care, & touch on griefbots and memorybots. conversational-leadership.net/newsletter/i... #KM #KMers #km4dev #ConversationalLeadership
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Gurteen Knowledge Letter February 2026 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter February 2026
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I'm running Zoom-based Knowledge Cafés on Conversational Leadership. February introduces the practice and why it matters. March covers designing and hosting your own Cafés. conversational-leadership.net/events-future/ #km #kmers #knowledgemanagement
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We often assume that Knowledge Management originated in the 1990s. But that is a fiction. KM began much earlier, 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, not in offices or labs, but around a fire. davidgurteen.substack.com/p/think-km-s... #km #kmers #knowledgemanagement
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. Credit: Bertrand Russell conversational-leadership.net/quotation/fo...
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Fools' Certainty | Conversational Leadership
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. | Bertrand Russell
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Where Knowledge Goes to Die
Most reports look like knowledge, but they’re really memorials to it.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
How to check if an argument is valid | Psyche Guides buff.ly/CDs3LIc
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How to check if an argument is valid | Psyche Guides
In logic, validity is prime. If you want to make valid arguments, or sniff out invalid ones, here’s what you need to do
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Why GPT-5 Fails: Science Proves AGI is a Myth buff.ly/x7l6fAY
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Why GPT-5 Fails: Science Proves AGI is a Myth
With OpenAI's recent release of ChatGPT 5, it seems more and more evident that AI advancement is slowing down. But the reason behind that is more than just technical hurdles like hardware, algorithm,…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads theconversation.com/studying-phi...
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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Teaching Dialogic Intelligence with AI open.substack.com/pub/rupertwe... #ai #intelligence #education #teaching #learning #RupertWegerif #ConversationalLeadership
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Teaching Dialogic Intelligence with AI
Recent studies split almost 50-50.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Leadership often centres on individuals, but communityship values shared responsibility, nurturing relationships, and collective contribution to the growth and well-being of all. buff.ly/2aFN4wQ #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #community #communityship
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What Is Communityship? | Conversational Leadership
Communityship is a practice where community members take responsibility for that community's growth and development.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT? Chatbots have been criticized as perfect plagiarism tools. The truth is more surprising. buff.ly/SmkLC3u #chatgpt #ai #genai #writing #km #kmers
newyorker.com
What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT?
Chatbots have been criticized as perfect plagiarism tools. The truth is more surprising.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This article argues that AI safety based on “human values” is risky since values shift, conflict, and aren’t always good; better models of motivation or capability limits may be safer. www.lesswrong.com/posts/ngqvnW... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatGPT #OpenAI #GenAI #AGI #km #kmers #values
lesswrong.com
AI Alignment Problem: “Human Values” don’t Actually Exist — LessWrong
Previous posts in the series: “What AI Safety Researchers Have Written About the Nature of Human Values”, Possible Dangers of the Unrestricted Value…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Issue 302 of my Knowledge Letter is out. I explore hidden habits, fragile ideas, schismogenesis, and the choice between conversation and conflict. Plus, a quick experiment with summarizing audio. #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers conversational-leadership.net/newsletter/i...
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Gurteen Knowledge Letter August 2025 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter August 2025
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Social media supercharged our disagreements. Could AI help us resolve them? buff.ly/P5zHGcU #ai #polarization #disagreement #ConversationalLeadership #socialmedia
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Social media supercharged our disagreements. Could AI help us resolve them?
Duke sociologist Dr. Christopher Bail on the tech’s potential to foster empathy in an age of division.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Explore Batesonian Information: Understanding information as difference that makes a difference, shaped by context, relationships, and meaning. #information #complexity #GregoryBateson #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers conversational-leadership.net/batesonian-i...
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Batesonian Information | Conversational Leadership
We often treat information as something that can be stored, sent, or delivered. But if nothing changes, and there is no shift in perception or behavior, has any information really been shared? Gregory...
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Curious about "warm data"? This blook post explains Nora Bateson's concept clearly. It highlights how warm data reveals the context, relationships, and patterns that cold data often misses. conversational-leadership.net/warm-data/ #warmdata #complexity #information
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Warm Data | Conversational Leadership
We live in overlapping layers of meaning: personal, cultural, emotional, and historical. The challenge is that most data ignores this complexity, offering facts without context. Warm data provides a d...
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The single most amazing fact about the Universe: No matter what it is that we discover about reality, the fact that reality itself can be understood remains the most amazing fact of all. buff.ly/IRjDOCg #science #universe #reality #physics
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The single most amazing fact about the Universe
No matter what it is that we discover about reality, the fact that reality itself can be understood remains the most amazing fact of all.
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Santi Garcia @santigarcia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Smartphone bans in Dutch schools are showing results: 75% see improved student focus 60% better social climate 1 in 3 higher academic performance Looking long term, maybe the real win isn’t better grades— It’s raising kids who can focus and connect. #FutureOfWork www.reuters.com/technology/s...
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Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus
A ban on mobile phones and other electronic devices in Dutch schools has improved focus among students, a study commissioned by the Dutch government found.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Can We Have Better Classroom Conversations in Challenging Times? Societal polarization has reached the classroom. However, teaching students to share & listen to different perspectives is a crucial skill for a democracy. #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #education #democracy buff.ly/IdW5A5D
greatergood.berkeley.edu
Can We Have Better Classroom Conversations in Challenging Times?
Societal polarization has reached the classroom. But teaching students to share and listen to different perspectives is a critical skill for democracy.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Cardwell’s Law says innovation peaks are brief. Can we break this pattern? Progress is fragile, but by recognizing and protecting its conditions, long-term innovation may be possible. #innovation #creativity #km #kmers buff.ly/b3uoXaP
humanprogress.org
Cardwell’s Cage and How to Break Free
Blog Post | Innovation
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The latest issue of my Knowledge Letter is out. It touches on themes I often revisit: how we communicate with one another, how we think, and how we lead without trying to control. I welcome feedback. conversational-leadership.net/newsletter/i... #km #kmers #ConversationalLeadership
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Gurteen Knowledge Letter July 2025 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter July 2025
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Chantelle Robinson @chanlrobinson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Language models like ChatGPT help us transition from thought to action more quickly, transforming how we think, work, and create. conversational-leadership.net/llms-transfo... @davidgurteen.bsky.social #ConversationalLeadership #PKM #KMers #LLM #ChatGPT #Augmentation #FutureofWork
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Rethinking Productivity with LLMs | Conversational Leadership
We've long treated productivity as a race to do more in less time. However, when creativity relies on research, writing, and clarity, good ideas often stall before they take off. Language models like ...
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Chantelle Robinson @chanlrobinson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Warm Data: A relational understanding that reflects how the data is lived, remembered, and connected across multiple systems. conversational-leadership.net/warm-data/ @davidgurteen.bsky.social #ConversationalLeadership #PKM #KMers #Context #Relational #Complexity
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Warm Data | Conversational Leadership
We live in overlapping layers of meaning: personal, cultural, emotional, and historical. The challenge is that most data ignores this complexity, offering facts without context. Warm data provides a d...
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Tryptophan networks in cells may act as quantum computers, reshaping biology and neuroscience. #science #biology #neuroscience #quantumciomputers
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Scientists discover quantum computing in the brain
Tryptophan networks in cells may act as quantum computers, reshaping biology, neuroscience, and the search for life in the universe.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Throughout history, golden ages have emerged when societies embraced openness, curiosity, and innovation. In Peak Human, Johan Norberg explores how civilizations rose through trade, intellectual freedom, and cultural exchange, only to decline when fear and control replaced dynamism.
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The Real Threats to Golden Ages Come From Within
Blog Post | Human Development
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
In Conversation is a weekly video podcast on YouTube in which John Hovell and I explore an aspect of Conversational Leadership. We meet most Thursdays at 9:15 AM Washington, DC time (2:15 PM London time). conversational-leadership.net/podcast-in-c... #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #dialogue
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine #complexity #evolution #life #intelligence #universe #science buff.ly/DLKwOFS
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Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine
A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Issue 300 of my Knowledge Letter is out. Why "I have an open mind" can shut down conversation, my podcast work on AI and leadership, plus thoughts on innovation and dialogue. conversational-leadership.net/newsletter/i... #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #dialogue #innovation #complexity
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Gurteen Knowledge Letter June 2025 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter June 2025
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Open Societies and Closed Minds: Marian Tupy interviews Matt Johnson about historicism, progress, and how tribalism and the “desire for recognition” are testing the foundations of open societies #ConversationalLeadership #society #history #evolution buff.ly/B0Jm77h
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Open Societies and Closed Minds | Podcast Highlights
Blog Post | Democracy & Autocracy
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Reading books boosts survival in the elderly, more so than newspapers or magazines, by enhancing cognition—this benefit holds across gender, wealth, education, and health. #reading #health #emderly #books buff.ly/njXEUfs
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Leadership isn’t just about guidance or security; it’s about confronting people with their own freedom. Embracing this tension reshapes our view of power, responsibility, and choice, especially today. #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #leadership buff.ly/nL2Gh6W
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Peter Block, the Grand Inquisitor, and Leadership
Leadership is often seen as providing guidance and security. However, authentic leadership may lie in confronting people with their own freedom, even when they resist it. Understanding this tension…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
13 Signs You Used ChatGPT To Write That: If you use ChatGPT to write, then this is a must-read. #chatgpt #genai #writing buff.ly/s08OKcg
seanjkernan.substack.com
13 Signs You Used ChatGPT To Write That
I can spot it from a mile away. Here's how to sound more human.
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Innovation often appears sudden, but real change happens gradually. Breakthroughs usually emerge by exploring the “adjacent possible”—new ideas and inventions built step by step from what already exists #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #innovation buff.ly/E0kf999
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Exploring the Adjacent Possible | Conversational Leadership
Innovation often seems sudden, but real change unfolds gradually. Many breakthroughs emerge by exploring what's possible from where we already stand. The theory of the adjacent possible shows how new…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Icebreakers don't suck: Research shows well-designed conversational icebreakers boost adult learning by creating psychological safety and meaningful engagement #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #educaction buff.ly/h24x3Eb
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Icebreakers don't suck
Research shows well-designed conversational icebreakers boost adult learning by creating psychological safety and meaningful engagement
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Critical thinking and effective communication are crucial for addressing pressing issues in a complex world. The Socratic method, a dialogue-based approach to fostering inquiry and understanding, ... conversational-leadership.net/histo… #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A boy can take you into the open at night and show you the stars; he might tell you no end of things about them, conceivably all that an astronomer could teach. But until and unless he f... conversational-leadership.net/quota… #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The Great Conversation has shaped human thought for millennia. Exploring its evolution and key thinkers equips us to actively engage in this ongoing, collective intellectual dialogue. #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #dialogue #discourse #km #kmers buff.ly/1vqbQjO
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The Great Conversation - the Evolving Dialogue of Ideas | Conversational Leadership
The Great Conversation has spanned millennia, shaping human thought and understanding. Tracing its development and exploring the works of influential thinkers provides a foundation for active…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Silicon Valley and Route 128 were both tech hubs, but diverging cultures led to different outcomes. Open networks and risk-taking in Silicon Valley fueled lasting innovation, unlike Route 128’s closed model. #ConversationalLeadership #innovation #km #kmers #silconvalley #culture
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Silicon Valley Versus Route 128 | Conversational Leadership
Silicon Valley and Route 128 once stood as hubs of technological innovation. Yet, their contrasting ecosystems led to different outcomes, with Route 128 lagging behind. By examining these…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Özlem Cekic, a Muslim immigrant, faced hate but chose dialogue with her critics, showing how open conversation can turn hostility into empathy and foster genuine connection. #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #dialogue #km #kmers #empathy buff.ly/1nkB1g2
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The Power of Talking with Enemies | Conversational Leadership
Özlem Cekic received hate-filled messages due to her background as a Muslim immigrant. By engaging in honest dialogue with her critics, she demonstrated how open conversation can transform hostility…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
More Listening – Less Advice #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmer #listenig #advice buff.ly/v8XGQqT
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More Listening – Less Advice
Finding the most helpful support styles “A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” — Madonna The Help Paradox.We’ve …
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In a complex world, self-interest often clashes with the common good. Escaping multipolar traps requires collaboration, long-term thinking, and shared goals across sectors and nations. #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #complexity buff.ly/QTF12Ez
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Multipolar Traps or Moloch Traps | Conversational Leadership
In a complex world facing many challenges, multipolar traps emerge when self-interests conflict with collective well-being, leading to detrimental outcomes. To break free, we need to prioritize…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Mass Cynicism: Hannah Arendt wrote of a world where people believe everything and nothing, making them easy to deceive, and even admire the deceivers. Her insight feels extraordinarily timely. #politics #falsehood #deception
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Mass Cynicism | Conversational Leadership
In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing…
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Large Language Models transform coding via "vibe coding"—a conversational approach where developers iteratively shape AI output until it feels right, rather than writing each line manually. #ai #llm #km #kmers #vibecoding buff.ly/HyiXHPu
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What Is Vibe Coding? | Conversational Leadership
Large language models are changing how people write software. However, not all AI-assisted coding works the same way. Vibe coding offers a looser, more conversational approach—less about writing…
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