What Great Leaders Do Differently Under Extreme Pressure
About this episode
Anouk Brack discusses how leaders struggle under extreme pressure and the biological implications of stress on decision-making.
Leaders love to frame AI transformation as a technology problem. It’s cleaner that way—tools, roadmaps, implementation plans. But what Anouk Brack lays out here is less flattering and far more consequential: this is a biological stress test, and most leadership teams are quietly failing it. Under constant uncertainty and pressure, your nervous system defaults to survival mode. That means the very capabilities you’re counting on—strategic thinking, self-reflection, sound judgment—start to degr...
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