A year-long reading and discussion series for founders, technology executives, and practitioners. This 12-month series gathers founders, tech leaders and practitioners to read, think, and discuss one text each month: spanning mainly books, essays, and the occasional documentary along with reading selections. The goal is to integrate strategy, systems, culture, ethics, and humanistic insight, giving leaders a reflective forum beyond day-to-day execution.

Each monthly session combines:

(1) conceptual framing | (2) guided dialogue | (3) interdisciplinary exploration.

Q1: Philosophical Foundations & Technology

Foundations. Mental models. The philosophical ground of leadership.

  1. Philosophy for Business Leaders, Mahmoud Rasmi

    The importance of cultivating a philosophical mindset for asking questions, navigating uncertainty, and the quest for meaning.

  2. The Question Concerning Technology, Martin Heidegger

    A philosophical exploration of technology, power, purpose, and human agency.

  3. A New Way to Think, Roger L. Martin

    A practical set of frameworks for better problem-solving, strategy, and leadership.

Q2: Strategy, Culture & Organisational Dynamics

How organizations behave. How strategy works. How desire shapes technology.

  1. The Architect's Paradox, Barry O'Reilly

    An introduction to philosophy for software engineers and architects that will help them understand their design process. This book helps to answer the question “Why are we like this?”.

  2. The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle

    Signals, trust, safety, and the unwritten rules of high-performing groups.

  3. Mimesis in Silicon Valley: Girard Documentary + Readings

Q3: AI, Alignment & the Future of Work

Values, bias, automation, and the philosophical stakes of intelligent systems.

  1. The Fuzzy and the Techie, Scott Hartley

    Why interdisciplinary leadership matters more than ever.

  2. The Alignment Problem, Brian Christian

    The deep technical and moral challenges in aligning AI with human values.

  3. A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind

    What automation means for economies, institutions, and meaning.

Q4: Power, History & the Human Condition

Context, responsibility, cycles of progress, and the long arc of ideas.

  1. Mania, Lionel Shriver

    Navigating a dystopian future.

  2. Humanly Possible, Sarah Bakewell

    A sweeping history of humanism as a guide to better leadership.

  3. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley | Movie, Guillermo del Toro

    The archetypal story about creation, responsibility, and unintended consequences.

Participants will get meeting invites every month.

Unable to join? Watch the meeting recordings from the online archive (included in your purchase).