W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
@scottwolf.bsky.social
Roughneck of Possibility 🏗️
Goat Rodeo Wrangler ➰
Cybernetic Catalyst 💥
Breakthrough Projects guy🚀
Goat Rodeo Wrangler ➰
Cybernetic Catalyst 💥
Breakthrough Projects guy🚀
"The real divide won’t be between the hopeful and the afraid - it’ll be between the pioneers and the passive."
If AI doesn’t kill us all…
the future will belong to the ones already becoming who it needs.
Waiting is abdication.
#AI #FutureOfWork #Breakthrough #Transformation #Steersmanship
If AI doesn’t kill us all…
the future will belong to the ones already becoming who it needs.
Waiting is abdication.
#AI #FutureOfWork #Breakthrough #Transformation #Steersmanship
August 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"The real divide won’t be between the hopeful and the afraid - it’ll be between the pioneers and the passive."
If AI doesn’t kill us all…
the future will belong to the ones already becoming who it needs.
Waiting is abdication.
#AI #FutureOfWork #Breakthrough #Transformation #Steersmanship
If AI doesn’t kill us all…
the future will belong to the ones already becoming who it needs.
Waiting is abdication.
#AI #FutureOfWork #Breakthrough #Transformation #Steersmanship
The single most important signal for a company's future value is the growth of AI fluency & fitness in its C-suite.
If your leaders are not learning to use AI, your company is failing at leadership development.
#AI #FutureofWork #Leadership #Steersmanship
If your leaders are not learning to use AI, your company is failing at leadership development.
#AI #FutureofWork #Leadership #Steersmanship
August 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The single most important signal for a company's future value is the growth of AI fluency & fitness in its C-suite.
If your leaders are not learning to use AI, your company is failing at leadership development.
#AI #FutureofWork #Leadership #Steersmanship
If your leaders are not learning to use AI, your company is failing at leadership development.
#AI #FutureofWork #Leadership #Steersmanship
Was discussing those ikigai circles (what you're good at, what you love, etc.) and realized I might be not be as good at self-assessment as I've always thought I was.
Decided to let AI take a crack at it instead. The results were... unexpected.
Full thoughts below ⬇️
Decided to let AI take a crack at it instead. The results were... unexpected.
Full thoughts below ⬇️
July 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Was discussing those ikigai circles (what you're good at, what you love, etc.) and realized I might be not be as good at self-assessment as I've always thought I was.
Decided to let AI take a crack at it instead. The results were... unexpected.
Full thoughts below ⬇️
Decided to let AI take a crack at it instead. The results were... unexpected.
Full thoughts below ⬇️
We're reaching the limits of leadership.
As Drucker showed, management had limits with knowledge workers. Likewise, leadership hits a wall with AI agents.
For centuries we evolved:
Administration → maintained
Management → controlled
Leadership → inspired
What's beyond leadership? Steersmanship
As Drucker showed, management had limits with knowledge workers. Likewise, leadership hits a wall with AI agents.
For centuries we evolved:
Administration → maintained
Management → controlled
Leadership → inspired
What's beyond leadership? Steersmanship
July 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We're reaching the limits of leadership.
As Drucker showed, management had limits with knowledge workers. Likewise, leadership hits a wall with AI agents.
For centuries we evolved:
Administration → maintained
Management → controlled
Leadership → inspired
What's beyond leadership? Steersmanship
As Drucker showed, management had limits with knowledge workers. Likewise, leadership hits a wall with AI agents.
For centuries we evolved:
Administration → maintained
Management → controlled
Leadership → inspired
What's beyond leadership? Steersmanship
What happens when a policy deadline dares you to build the impossible?
Some will fold.
Some will finish.
But a few will rise—and transform their entire company in the process.
🔥 Read the essay:
#BreakthroughProjects #BuildTheFuture #30PercentOrBust #Steersmanship #Leadership
Some will fold.
Some will finish.
But a few will rise—and transform their entire company in the process.
🔥 Read the essay:
#BreakthroughProjects #BuildTheFuture #30PercentOrBust #Steersmanship #Leadership
July 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What happens when a policy deadline dares you to build the impossible?
Some will fold.
Some will finish.
But a few will rise—and transform their entire company in the process.
🔥 Read the essay:
#BreakthroughProjects #BuildTheFuture #30PercentOrBust #Steersmanship #Leadership
Some will fold.
Some will finish.
But a few will rise—and transform their entire company in the process.
🔥 Read the essay:
#BreakthroughProjects #BuildTheFuture #30PercentOrBust #Steersmanship #Leadership
These 3 words can make or break your most important projects:
• Breakthrough
• Transformation
• Entrepreneurial
Without clarity, they're just buzzwords.
With clarity, they're rocket fuel for your team. 🚀
My new essay explains how to choose rocket fuel every time.
• Breakthrough
• Transformation
• Entrepreneurial
Without clarity, they're just buzzwords.
With clarity, they're rocket fuel for your team. 🚀
My new essay explains how to choose rocket fuel every time.
July 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
These 3 words can make or break your most important projects:
• Breakthrough
• Transformation
• Entrepreneurial
Without clarity, they're just buzzwords.
With clarity, they're rocket fuel for your team. 🚀
My new essay explains how to choose rocket fuel every time.
• Breakthrough
• Transformation
• Entrepreneurial
Without clarity, they're just buzzwords.
With clarity, they're rocket fuel for your team. 🚀
My new essay explains how to choose rocket fuel every time.
"Transformation" has become a meaningless word.
And that's dangerous. It keeps us adapting when we should be creating.
Time to demand the real thing. My litmus test below. 👇
#Transformation #Leadership #ScroogeTest #Ship30for30
And that's dangerous. It keeps us adapting when we should be creating.
Time to demand the real thing. My litmus test below. 👇
#Transformation #Leadership #ScroogeTest #Ship30for30
July 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"Transformation" has become a meaningless word.
And that's dangerous. It keeps us adapting when we should be creating.
Time to demand the real thing. My litmus test below. 👇
#Transformation #Leadership #ScroogeTest #Ship30for30
And that's dangerous. It keeps us adapting when we should be creating.
Time to demand the real thing. My litmus test below. 👇
#Transformation #Leadership #ScroogeTest #Ship30for30
AI doesn’t wait for culture. Doesn’t care about your roadmap.
It responds to intent. To purpose. To values in motion.
It responds to intent. To purpose. To values in motion.
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
AI doesn’t wait for culture. Doesn’t care about your roadmap.
It responds to intent. To purpose. To values in motion.
It responds to intent. To purpose. To values in motion.
The biggest risk on a $10B megaproject isn't a cost overrun. It's becoming obsolete before you're even operational.
We're managing for yesterday's risks while AI redefines tomorrow.
This isn't a tech problem; it's a leadership crisis.
My take ⬇️
We're managing for yesterday's risks while AI redefines tomorrow.
This isn't a tech problem; it's a leadership crisis.
My take ⬇️
July 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The biggest risk on a $10B megaproject isn't a cost overrun. It's becoming obsolete before you're even operational.
We're managing for yesterday's risks while AI redefines tomorrow.
This isn't a tech problem; it's a leadership crisis.
My take ⬇️
We're managing for yesterday's risks while AI redefines tomorrow.
This isn't a tech problem; it's a leadership crisis.
My take ⬇️
Reposted by W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.
Reposted by W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
On dealing with toxicity on a social platform, @jay.bsky.team at #sxsw said "We think it really should be up to the user how they want to interact, and they can choose how they want their space to be."
March 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
On dealing with toxicity on a social platform, @jay.bsky.team at #sxsw said "We think it really should be up to the user how they want to interact, and they can choose how they want their space to be."
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Congrats to @mcuban.bsky.social for joining me in the @sxsw.com Hall of Fame — it was an honor to give him the award.
March 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Congrats to @mcuban.bsky.social for joining me in the @sxsw.com Hall of Fame — it was an honor to give him the award.
Reposted by W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
When you get to “it’s a PR problem” excuse in tech, you know the startup is cooked www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Turmoil within DOGE spills into public view as Musk’s group confronts a PR crisis
DOGE sees an urgent need to champion “wins,” as Elon Musk’s group finishes slashing federal bureaucracy and moves to building digital tools for the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
When you get to “it’s a PR problem” excuse in tech, you know the startup is cooked www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
Reposted by W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
You won't want to miss this one. Join @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team for a conversation on the future of social and how users can take control over their own online experience at #SXSW. #Bluesky #JayGraber
Watch LIVE at 1pm CT: ow.ly/3K0U50Vccnj
Watch LIVE at 1pm CT: ow.ly/3K0U50Vccnj
March 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You won't want to miss this one. Join @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team for a conversation on the future of social and how users can take control over their own online experience at #SXSW. #Bluesky #JayGraber
Watch LIVE at 1pm CT: ow.ly/3K0U50Vccnj
Watch LIVE at 1pm CT: ow.ly/3K0U50Vccnj
Reposted by W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media.
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media.
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Got so much better understanding of @bsky.app thanks to @jay.bsky.team at @sxsw.com - future looks bright.
www.youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
www.youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Got so much better understanding of @bsky.app thanks to @jay.bsky.team at @sxsw.com - future looks bright.
www.youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
www.youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
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Do you have a familect — words or phrases that you use with your family that nobody else would understand — like if you say you "Yosimite'd" dinner because of a funny experience you had camping.
Family gatherings are a great time to talk about familects!
🧵
Family gatherings are a great time to talk about familects!
🧵
December 25, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Do you have a familect — words or phrases that you use with your family that nobody else would understand — like if you say you "Yosimite'd" dinner because of a funny experience you had camping.
Family gatherings are a great time to talk about familects!
🧵
Family gatherings are a great time to talk about familects!
🧵
1/5 Spent AGES trying to connect Instapaper, Readwise, and Notion. Couldn't crack the code... until my AI buddy Claude helped me design the ultimate reading workflow! #ProductivityTips
December 12, 2024 at 11:13 PM
1/5 Spent AGES trying to connect Instapaper, Readwise, and Notion. Couldn't crack the code... until my AI buddy Claude helped me design the ultimate reading workflow! #ProductivityTips
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December 8, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Norbert Wiener, the American mathematician & philosopher who coined the term #cybernetics, was born #OnThisDay in 1894.
Find out more about his life & career in today's #ScientistOfTheDay post, written by 2024-25 LHL fellow Ericka Herazo: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #histtech 🗃️📜
Find out more about his life & career in today's #ScientistOfTheDay post, written by 2024-25 LHL fellow Ericka Herazo: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #histtech 🗃️📜
November 26, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Norbert Wiener, the American mathematician & philosopher who coined the term #cybernetics, was born #OnThisDay in 1894.
Find out more about his life & career in today's #ScientistOfTheDay post, written by 2024-25 LHL fellow Ericka Herazo: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #histtech 🗃️📜
Find out more about his life & career in today's #ScientistOfTheDay post, written by 2024-25 LHL fellow Ericka Herazo: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #histtech 🗃️📜
"Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends."
-- Arthur Koestler, The Act of Creation, 1964
How do we get beyond that edge of language and into "true creativity"?
-- Arthur Koestler, The Act of Creation, 1964
How do we get beyond that edge of language and into "true creativity"?
November 22, 2024 at 11:50 PM
"Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends."
-- Arthur Koestler, The Act of Creation, 1964
How do we get beyond that edge of language and into "true creativity"?
-- Arthur Koestler, The Act of Creation, 1964
How do we get beyond that edge of language and into "true creativity"?
Reposted by W. Scott Wolf 🌐🌊⛵
The Book of Abstracts of the 60th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) can be downloaded for free in PDF format: https://events.asc-cybernetics.org/2024/program/
#cybernetics
#cybernetics
August 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM
The Book of Abstracts of the 60th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) can be downloaded for free in PDF format: https://events.asc-cybernetics.org/2024/program/
#cybernetics
#cybernetics
"The purpose of #NewMacy is to catalyze conversations across disciplines, geographies, and generations. Such scope is demanded in order to design actionable responses to any of the many great challenges of our time..."
newmacy.pubpub.org/pub/newmacy-...
#wickedchallenges #steersmanship
newmacy.pubpub.org/pub/newmacy-...
#wickedchallenges #steersmanship
#NewMacyMeetings Manifesto
Conversations For Action
newmacy.pubpub.org
November 22, 2024 at 11:39 PM
"The purpose of #NewMacy is to catalyze conversations across disciplines, geographies, and generations. Such scope is demanded in order to design actionable responses to any of the many great challenges of our time..."
newmacy.pubpub.org/pub/newmacy-...
#wickedchallenges #steersmanship
newmacy.pubpub.org/pub/newmacy-...
#wickedchallenges #steersmanship