Toby, Dan, and Chmiel interrogate the quiet crisis hiding inside the AI boom: we’re offloading too much thinking and calling it strategy. This episode explores what gets lost when cognitive offloading becomes the norm, and why the future of leadership may depend on friction, not flow.

Details in the Show

• Why “upstream of strategy” isn’t just a catchphrase—it’s a call to rethink how we think
• Cognitive offloading, groupthink, and the invisible atrophy of over-automated ideas
• What AI can't replicate: disagreement, unpredictability, and taste
• Why trust, vulnerability, and gut-checks still outperform generative polish
• The difference between provocation and prompting—and why AI doesn’t know the difference
• How “the weak ties” in your network might be your sharpest strategic inputs
• The real value of feeling dumb: learning, not performance, is the point

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