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11 issuesFree, every MondayAbout five minutes

2026

11 issues

No. 11
Oct 19
Latest
Jeff asks three questions before he builds another AI agent
The work that should stay human, what leaders want to hear from each other, and twenty minutes with three columns.
No. 10
Oct 12
Jeff built 15 AI bots, then asked what they had changed about him
More than half of US workers have not used AI in their job, five leaders using it well, and a 45-minute session to run with your team.
No. 09
Oct 5
I built a tool to help me be a better husband
Jason's ten-minute build, Jeff on why comfort from a person still counts for more than comfort from AI, and four kinds of friction to look for this week.
No. 08
Sep 28
Carey Nieuwhof wrote the AI book pastors and business leaders should read together
Jeff on AI and the Future Church, why your youngest staff are the most worried about AI, and twenty minutes to make two lists.
No. 07
Sep 21
The heads of three AI companies asked for limits on AI, and the White House said no.
Who is left to draw the line for your team, the bishops who walked into Congress, and a practice that starts with what you do best.
No. 06
Sep 14
A builder walked out of the AI race. Should your company still walk in?
The resignation everyone forwarded, the week AI learned to take an assignment, and the three doors every task should pass through first.
No. 05
Sep 7
A famous investor let AI write his op-ed. He wasn't sorry.
Readers caught the machine. He didn't apologize. Here's the standard that matters more than who typed it.
No. 04
Aug 31
The machines score lowest on the thing you care about most
Someone finally scored whether AI helps people live well. Money came first. Faith came last.
No. 03
Aug 24
Where will the next experts come from?
A trial found people who solved a problem with AI understood it less afterward. The exception shows what your newest people need from you.
No. 02
Aug 17
What only you can give
Clinicians rated a chatbot's answers more empathetic than physicians', nine to one. Here is what that leaves to us.
No. 01
Aug 10
Your team already uses AI. The rules don't exist yet.
The numbers behind the governance gap, a price with a deadline, and a ten-minute way to start.

Every issue we have sent

2026

Jeff asks three questions before he builds another AI agent

Jeff built 15 AI bots, then asked what they had changed about him

I built a tool to help me be a better husband

Carey Nieuwhof wrote the AI book pastors and business leaders should read together

The heads of three AI companies asked for limits on AI, and the White House said no.

A builder walked out of the AI race. Should your company still walk in?

A famous investor let AI write his op-ed. He wasn't sorry.

The machines score lowest on the thing you care about most

Where will the next experts come from?

What only you can give

Your team already uses AI. The rules don't exist yet.

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