The Task Of A Leader...

Welcome to?The?Art?of?The?Impossible, a weekly newsletter where I unearth five pieces?of?content which I hope will both inspire?and?embolden you.

PODCAST

“I failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company!”

Interview with amazing Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo - on quitting her job and betting on herself. As Christina says about Vanta, “By changing economic incentives, I think we can make companies more secure.”

Watch/listen to the full interview on My First Million here.

QUOTE

“The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been. ” ― Henry Kissinger

INTERVIEW

Interview with Aicha Evans, CEO of Autonomous Vehicle Company Zoox

“With success it’s very important to remember that you don’t have a God-given right to it. It’s important to remain humble and continue pushing yourself. With failure, it’s important to remember ‘I didn’t get here by mistake’ and to ask what happened: Was it the wrong timing? The wrong assumption? Did I make a mistake? Bottle the trigger so that next time you’re in the same situation you can recognize it and do something about it.”

Read the full interiew here.

BOOK

Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit by by Eric Schmidt, Henry A. Kissinger, Craig Mundie

In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount “a profound exploration” (Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence: a breakthrough that dramatically empowers people in all walks of life while also raising urgent questions about the future of humanity. ? As it absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, AI (Artificial Intelligence) will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality. It might well solve some of the greatest mysteries of our universe and elevate the human spirit to unimaginable heights. But it will also pose challenges on a scale and of an intensity that we have never seen—usurping our power of independent judgment and action, testing our relationship with the divine, and perhaps even spurring a new phase in human evolution. ? The last book of elder statesman Henry Kissinger, written with technologists Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, Genesis charts a course between blind faith and unjustified fear as it outlines an effective strategy for navigating the age of AI.

Pre-order the book here - out Thursday 21st November.

FILM

Music by John Williams

Meet the man behind the music that changed our lives. Documentary on the fantastic composer and conductor John Williams is now streaming on Disney+

In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history (Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter and more) including long-term collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney.

Watch the trailer here.

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Danielle