"AI amplifies what the leader brings. If the leader brings confusion, you get confusion at speed. You get chaos. If the leader brings clarity, you get clarity and execution at speed." That's Jack Swift, back on the Midlife Remix this week. If a leader walks into Monday's meeting confused about what it's even for, everyone goes back to their desks, opens Claude or Copilot, and starts querying from that confusion. The leader's inner state has become a business variable.

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