Notes on leading in a crisis era.
Field notes from Chris Myers on the Five Modes, honor codes, decision-making, AI and judgment, and building organizations that hold under pressure — for leaders who feel the ground shifting.
Reference for leading under cost.
Leaving Power on the Table
Voluntary limitation built the American experiment. Its absence is showing up everywhere leadership matters, and the bill is coming due
The Proximity Paradox
When you serve a chaotic master, influence and complicity grow on the same vine. The hardest discipline is seeing the moment they trade places.
The Trap That Builds Itself
When two great powers tell themselves the conflict is inevitable, they tend to produce it. The leaders who break the pattern do it deliberately.
The Market That Can’t Be Talked Down
The bond market is the only price in the economy no one can talk down. It is reasserting itself, and everyone downstream is about to feel it.
The Lincoln Test
The most punished act in American public life is changing your mind. The leaders who matter next will do it anyway.
Nothing in Reserve
Global oil storage has lost 255 million barrels in eight weeks. The system was built to win on price, and it is now learning what that trade-off actually costs.
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Notes on leading in a crisis era, from Chris Myers — author of Honor Under Pressure and The B:Side Way. No spam. Read by leaders navigating the Fourth Turning.