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July's Best Leadership Reads: AI, Focus, and the Cost of Convenience
July's best leadership reading: AI's impact on nonfiction, moral courage as a competency, and why resistance to change is a good sign.
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A monthly roundup of leadership posts worth your time, drawn from July 2026.
Mark Sanborn published fresh data on organizational complacency in the U.S., finding that resistance to change is mostly a good sign. Art Petty argued the same point from a different angle: pushback means people are paying attention.
Tim Ferriss shared sales data suggesting AI has already killed the how-to nonfiction category. His take: the market for sitting with one mind on a subject it has bled for will get smaller, weirder, and more interesting.
Hana Lee Goldin wrote a field guide to information overload, offering practical ways to navigate an environment built to distract. Ena Inesi at London Business School made the case that moral courage is a leadership competency.
Julie W. G. explored what the room knows in group dynamics. James Strock wrote about Theodore Roosevelt and nationalism, then followed up with a post on World Cup nationalism as a positive force.
David Burkus described surrendering his thinking to Claude, the AI assistant. A piece from Let's Grow Leaders tackled how to stay focused when everyone else has an urgent request.
Michael Jacobides at London Business School asked what business schools are for when AI makes answers cheap. His answer: the best institutions will teach something beyond AI, developing managers with skills the AI age demands.