I help organisations become future-fit. #Mindcandy scenario prompts are designed to stretch your imagination, sharpen situational awareness, and spark opportunity thinking.
Today’s scenario prompt: Why meditation is essential for leaders in the age of AI
AI will give you endless answers. That doesn’t make you wise. It makes you busy.
In the age of AI, the scarce resource isn’t information. It’s discernment:
Knowing what matters
Choosing what to ignore
Holding a line on values when the data screams for optimisation
That capability doesn’t come from more dashboards. It comes from trained attention.
Call it meditation, reflection, stillness, or mental hygiene. Same point: if you can’t control your attention, AI (and everyone using it) will control it for you.
A practical rule: before any high-stakes decision, insert a short pause and ask:
What’s the real problem here?
What am I optimising for?
What will I regret if I’m wrong?
The CEO question
Where are you outsourcing judgment to “smart” tools because you haven’t built the discipline to slow down—and what decision this quarter would improve if you forced a 10-minute reflection window before it?
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https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
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https://hbr.org/2026/01/the-project-driven-organization
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https://interestingengineering.com/science/tiny-optical-modulator-quantum-scaling-breakthrough
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-quantum-clues-consciousness-brain-harness.html
