Leadership is often portrayed as instinct and charisma, but the real architecture of influence lies in structure, credibility, and foresight. Credible Commitments explores how game theory reshaped modern management — and how it can be used ethically to build trust rather than manipulate it.

This episode draws from the foundational works Game Theory at Work by James D. Miller, Employee to Entrepreneur by Steve Glaveski, and Post-Capitalist Entrepreneurship by Boyd Cohen. Each text reveals how strategic logic and moral responsibility can coexist in leadership — how cooperation, when designed well, becomes the most rational form of competition.

We encourage listeners to engage directly with these sources. Each book provides far more than supporting context; they form the primary scaffolding for understanding how credibility, incentives, and human behavior interact inside organizations. Reading them alongside this discussion deepens the experience and grounds the ideas in their original arguments.

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