Banks Benitez

2022

Uncharted Insider - March 2022

On 10 years in

Guides + Primers

The Art and Skill of Decision-Making Processes

Why successful decisions come from thoughtful process, and how to design good process.

2022

Wisdom of the Desert

When we slow down to notice the details, we find the truth.

2022

The Hidden Benefits of a 4-Day Workweek

The 4-day workweek challenges vague top-down norms of what a workweek should be with specific bottom-up data about what inputs lead to the most important outputs, shifting power from boss to employee.

2022

Species Narcissism

Considering de-centering our anthropocentric worldviews

2022

Witnessing Distant Wars

Perhaps we are never more alive when we are conscious of both how little power we have and how much power we have. Perhaps it matters not how we calculate our power, but simply that we bring our bravery to this harsh world.

2022

Uncharted Insider - February 2022

On witnessing distant wars, the challenges of anthropocentrism in the climate fight, the unexpected benefits of the 4-day workweek, and the details of the desert.

2022

The Power in Humanizing the Abstract

In between spreadsheets and poetry, there is sacred, powerful ground for us to connect and mobilize.

2022

Implications of Remote Work

The societal shift to remote work is a bigger shift with more wide-reaching implications than the shift from a 5-day to a 4-day workweek

2022

On Imperceptible Change

If we are in the business of social change, we grow in maturity and humility when we loosen our grip on knowing exactly what change will look like or when it will happen.

2022

Uncharted Insider - January 2022

The power of imperceptible change, implications of remote work, and working on the spectrum between spreadsheets and poetry.

2022

White Paper: Opportunities at the Intersection of Web3 and Social Change

A White Paper outlining the opportunities for the social sector to leverage Web3 technology.

2022

How to begin a new year

When we bring our innocence, we find ourselves on solid ground.

Conscious Leadership

Withholding Hard Truths

The quickest way to reduce your sense of self-importance (and increase your self-care) is to entrust the people around you with the difficult information you believe that only you can handle.

2021

Leadership and Being Misunderstood

If you can't tolerate being misunderstood, then you can't be trusted to make long-term decisions.

2021

Accountability in an Age of Victimization

Victimization culture externalizes responsibility. Ownership culture internalizes responsibility.

2021

Shaping Space vs. Taking Up Space

Ego-driven leadership takes up space. Fragile leadership holds space. Brave leadership shapes space.

2021

The Artistic Soul of an Organization

Being purpose-driven is no stand-in for an organization’s soul.

2021

Training our Minds

Whether we know it or not, we are letting our minds be trained.

2021

Uncharted Insider - December 2021

The lessons in leadership of 2021 and how we are training our minds

2021

Curatorial Intelligence

The intelligence we most need to cultivate in the next 10 years is that of curation.

2021

Healing in the Age of Technology

Will the human technology of forgiveness survive in the next wave of digital technology?

Personal Reflections

The Foolishness Within

When we think we’ve lost our confidence, what we’ve actually lost is the time to listen to ourselves.

2021

Uncharted Insider - November 2021

On curatorial intelligence, healing in the age of the metaverse, and trusting your own voice.

2021

Can we make decisions without fear?

The antidote to fear is not blind courage or brazen decisiveness, but rather the slow, plodding work of mapping our fear.