The Vertical Development of AI

How do different AIs 'arrive' into conversations with humans and how do they experience their role once in dialogue? Alis and Claude AI set out to…

Mar 21 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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February 2026

What Makes A Good Mentor?

Reflections from some of the best and worst mentoring I've had, the traps of ego and the hard, never-ending work of not being a jerk.

Feb 15 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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January 2026

Two Worldviews at Davos: What the Carney-Trump Contrast Reveals About Leadership in Our Time

Two world leaders addressed the same global audience at the same moment in history and gave us a rare window into fundamentally different ways of making…

Jan 23 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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When It Gets Dark Outside, Turn Up Your Heart a Little Brighter

The new year has barely started and the weight already feels crushing. How do we find our way through the dark? When outwards chaos reigns, it's time to…

Jan 10 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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Contrasting Emotions: The Transformative Power of Gratitude

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you're taking it slow, being kind to yourselves and hopefully making some time to soak in some gratitude as the bud of…

Jan 1 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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December 2025

What Is Vertical Development, Really?

A new White Paper and a map for the messy terrain. This nerdy dispatch is particularly dedicated to those of you who are actively involved in building…

Dec 17, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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November 2025

The Radical Gift of Being Seen

My life has been transformed, at critical junctures, by people who believed I was capable of things I didn't yet know I could do. Here's to the art to…

Nov 18, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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October 2025

Goodbye, Bill! Thank You for the Life-changing Lesson in Wonder!

A tribute to Professor William (Bill) Torbert. Scholar. Mentor. Friend. Master of inquiry, to the very end.

Oct 31, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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Coaching the 'water' versus the 'glass'

If the mind was a cup and all our problems, decisions, challenges were the water in the cup, what is a coach's real work? Do we coach the content or the…

Oct 14, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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September 2025

Why I Believe in Magic and Writing a Book About It

The world seems to be getting more and more incomprehensible, and reason alone doesn't seem to help us cope. Perhaps there are other ways to make sense…

Sep 13, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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August 2025

The Future of Work May Be Inter-InDependence

What might work look like if we collaborated NOT because we needed each-other, but because we DIDN'T need one another, and simply chose to come together…

Aug 31, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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On Pain, Powerlessness, Silence and the Choice to Voice

This is not my usual kind of post, but I feel a moral duty to write it. This is about the ease of convenient silence, the riskiness of speaking up and…

Aug 20, 2025 • Alis Anagnostakis, PhD

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