Today’s issue summarizes what I’m hearing. This insight will help you make the most of your 19 productive days. It will also help you compare your priorities with peers.

To move forward together, we need a moment to pause, name the emotions, and acknowledge them.

We’re witness to forces toppling old ways of working and leading. Generative AI, geopolitical turmoil, media misinformation, and hybrid work are fueling concern and confusion about the future.

Based on the 170+ clients I have advised over the past two decades, I’m seeing how our old definition of transformation, coupled with the speed of change, is no longer serving us. And our stakeholders suffer.