LeaderCoherence — Essays

A body of
thought on the
Human Cost
of AI disruption.

Long-form writing on AI-driven identity disruption, the fourth narcissistic wound, leadership coherence, and what it actually takes to hold a team through genuine uncertainty. Published when there is something worth saying.

May 2026

Auschwitz or Utopia? What Are You Living For?

On Viktor Frankl, naïve optimism, and the question AI disruption is forcing on everyone whose professional story has stopped working.

Identity Meaning AI Disruption
May 2026

Unique Human Skills

On identity collapse, the panic that blinds, and the capabilities AI structurally cannot own — and why the people who have them can no longer see them.

Identity AI Disruption Human Skills
April 2026

Seduced by AI

On AI, the introvert's quiet advantage, and the ‘retreating competent’ on your team who looks like your best adapter.

Introversion AI Attachment Leadership
April 2026

The Perfect Scapegoat

Why AI is about to become corporate culture's favourite alibi — and what that tells us about the humans in the room.

Scapegoating AI Accountability Culture
April 2026

Johnny Was Never the Problem

On scapegoats, group fields, and why removing the difficult person never changes the room.

Field Dynamics Scapegoating Tavistock
April 2026

Darwin Made Us Animals. AI Made Us Ordinary.

On Copernicus, the fourth wound, and what is left when intelligence is no longer ours alone.

Identity AI Disruption History
March 2026

Like a Good German

A personal reflection on willing AI adoption, performed compliance, and the polyvagal complexity underneath enthusiasm that might not be entirely ours.

Identity Polyvagal AI Adoption
March 2026

To Vibe or Not to Vibe. That is the Question!

On vibe coding, an HRV app that nearly broke me, and the one skill that turns out to be the whole job.

Vibe Coding AI Collaboration Human Skills
February 2026

What Would Freud Think About AI?

The fourth narcissistic wound. Three times history forced humanity to relinquish its self-image. The fourth is happening now — inside a single career span.

Narcissistic Wound Freud Identity
January 2026

Who Is Going to Burn on the AI Stake?

Copernicus didn't publish for 13 years. Galileo recanted. Bruno burned. The pattern of identity-level disruption has always been the same — only the speed has changed.

History Disruption AI Anxiety