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Welcome to The Intersection, a monthly newsletter with leadership lessons from literature, data, and everything between!

It's been a while since my last newsletter, but there's a good reason for that: I've been working on a secret project that I can begin to reveal to you now.

It's called Blue Dollars, and if you want to hear the latest from me and my co-founder Liz then make sure you sign up for our emails, which will start landing soon.

We're still finding our way, but AI is already an important part of our business. We're thinking carefully about how we use it, and that's the topic of my latest post...

Recent blog posts

Conviction, Enfeeblement, and AI

How to delegate to AI instead of surrendering to it.

How to Make Charts That Shine Using AI

Put your scepticism aside, it really is possible to create clear, impactful data visualisations with Gen AI now.

Will AI Do to Code What CAD Did to Drafting?

Looking at old photos of drafting rooms, I found a useful analogy for where software engineering is headed.

Around the Web

The five stages of losing our craft

"The value of 90% of my skills just dropped to $0. The leverage for the remaining 10% went up 1000x."

Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction (Second Edition)

Kieran Healy has made the complete draft of the manuscript of his forthcoming book available for free online. These skills are indispensable, even if your visualisations are AI-generated.

Could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book?

I'm reading my fourteenth book of 2026 (Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner), which means I'm seven books if I want to read 50 books this year. A goal like this helps me, because when I'm falling behind it's usually a signal that I need to pick up a book that I'd actually enjoy reading.

That's all for now! If something here resonated with you, I'd love to hear about it - just hit reply (I read every email). And if you know someone who'd appreciate this blend of data, AI, leadership, and unexpected cultural insights, please forward this their way.

See you next time with more curious connections and practical wisdom.

Cheers,

Lee

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