Banks Benitez

AI & the job market

60% of the jobs in America today didn’t exist in 1940

Conscious Leadership

On Strategic Planning

“All organizations are perfectly designed to get the results they get.”

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - May 2023

On defining reality, the pendulum swings of nuance, rising insurance premiums due to climate change, and a marriage ceremony

Climate

Insurance risk: Climate change's canary

The effects of climate change are causing an economic crisis for insurance companies.

The pendulum swing of nuance

Our media environment is suffering a crisis of nuance: either we are missing it entirely or we are steeped in it to the point where we’ve lost the plot.

Conscious Leadership

On Defining Reality

At the heart of every company, there is a story about what’s important and what’s true.

On Rehearsal Dinners

What we hold back

Climate

Paperwork and Hammer Businesses

For every flashy climate technology, there are ten boring businesses that are flying under the radar, solving everyday problems involving hammers or paperwork.

Conscious Leadership

The power of asymmetrical risk

We’re often told this story that the greater the risk, the greater the reward, but that misguides us to think that the levers holding risk and reward are always equally balanced.

Conscious Leadership

Process vs. Authority

Before building lots of processes, build clear authorities, then determine what process is needed.

Impact

The Undertow of Technology

The wave of technological progress may move us forward, but the stronger its force, the stronger its undertow.

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - April 2023

The undertow of technology, over engineering process, asymmetrical risk, boring businesses, and rehearsal dinners.

Car Accidents & Strangers

The burst of humanity after a near-fatal wreck.

Conscious Leadership

Redefining Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, and how intelligence is a relationship between us and the world.

Climate

Geoengineering: The risks of desperation

Humans tend to be more interventionist than preventionist.

Conscious Leadership

The Four Acts of Company Building

There are often four acts to building a company.

The Insider - March 2023

On company building, geoengineering, artificial intelligence, and the kindness of strangers.

Personal Reflections

The limits of spreadsheets

The one question that reframes everything and cuts through it all.

Conscious Leadership

New evidence on the 4-day workweek

92% of companies who piloted the 4-day workweek decided to keep it long-term

Climate

On the Limits of Technology

The technologies to tackle climate change will be available far faster than our ability to implement them.

Conscious Leadership

On Remote Work

Is remote work is a successful model for early-stage companies looking to build ambitious things?

The decline of cities

Remote work is costing New York City $12 billion per year.

On Artificial Intelligence

We should be more afraid of losing our judgment to AI than our jobs.

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - February 2023

On artificial intelligence, remote work, the resilience of cities, and the limitations of climate tech

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - January 2023

On fast-food work cultures, the art of quitting, interest rates, and invisible supply chains