Community of practice explained. A very gentle introduction to large language models without the hype. Readers are leaders.

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Welcome to the 66th issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.” Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.

Let’s dive in!

One “must read” for this week

“Community of practice explained ” by Sara Ramos.

Knowledge and practice are constantly evolving, though trying to keep up with the rapid pace of change without the help of others can be frustrating and isolating.

Communities of Practice (CoP) allow members to share this journey and instead approach challenges collaboratively.

CoPs can be particularly valuable for leaders as the weight of responsibility and the need to make the right decisions are part of their job. In such circumstances, where can leaders turn to for support? This is where CoPs come into play, offering leaders opportunities for personal and professional development, inspiration, and emotional well-being.

Personal development

• Readers are leaders .
• Eight ways to deal with clients who say you're too expensive .
• The passion paradox: work & play .
• A system for saying "no" [5-step framework].
• Socrates' triple filter test .
• Working parents? Here's how to raise indistractable kids .
• Play long-term games with long-term people .
• 40 life "cheat codes" everyone should know.

Innovation

• A very gentle introduction to large language models without the hype .
• Announcing microsoft’s AI customer commitments .
• Why AI will save the world .
• The brief history of artificial intelligence .
• Why trust and safety in enterprise AI is (relatively) easy.
• Jack Butcher : "VV (a film by Zora).
• Remaining regulatory challenges in digital finance and crypto-assets after MiCA .
• How Notion builds product .

Leadership and management

• Community of practice explained.
• Empowerment : how Hilton uses the golden rule to drive commercial success.
• When empowering employees works , and when it doesn’t.
• Twelve eye-opening statistics about traditional performance reviews .
• Connect, then lead .
• Inside the push to make everyone friends at work .
• High-performing teams need psychological safety: here’s how to create it.
• Safe to fail .

One book

“Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance ” by George Kohlrieser.