The Curious LeaderBig ideas to catalyze your growth
Engineering leadership is hard, and the world needs more great leaders. The best leaders in the world have mastered the ability to stay curious.
I post an article every week or two focusing on some facet of the technology industry that feels under-explored. It’s nominatively about leadership, but not always “positional leadership.” The Curious Leader is about taking the wheel in your life; there are no passengers, only drivers.
A study in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology in 2025 made a startling observation about AI “de-skilling.” They took a bunch of experienced doctors (27+ years, 2,000+ procedures each) and gave them AI-assisted scopes for identifying colon polyps. After three months, they took the AI assistance away.
Returning to their original way of working, these doctors lost 21% of their detection accuracy. The AI improved outcomes, it worked great, but when it went away they had forgotten how to do the job they’d been doing for decades.
