Archive - The Leaflet

The Leaflet #148: epistemic humility errors, teach them to think like you, transcribe through darkness

GCR problem #8: Leaders weaken themselves with misapplied epistemic humility

8 hrs ago • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #147: keeping and cultivating senior talent, teach 12 to train 100, quick wins as permission slips

GCR Problem #9: Keeping (and cultivating) senior talent

Oct 15 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #146: the GCR leadership series; fixing acknowledgement asymmetry; races within races

Introducing a new series: The Top 10 Most Common Leadership Problems in the Global Catastrophic Risks (GCR) sector:

Oct 8 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #145: delegation as defaults; the sudden sabbatical test; scaling via go-to moves

Delegation as three default moves

Oct 1 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

September 2026

The Leaflet #144: a forbidden sentence; a coaching requirement; wants and needs

A sentence good teachers and coaches don’t allow themselves

Sep 24 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #143: factless 360 reviews, 360 moves, pointlessness

360 reviews have few facts, strictly speaking, and are still useful

Sep 17 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #142: against caginess in interviews, in praise of principles, the existential question

Don’t be cagey in interviews

Sep 10 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #141: leader as ambient threat; a taxonomy of problems; name the tradeoff

nb: We’ve added a link to an anonymous feedback form at the bottom of this issue.

Sep 4 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

August 2026

The Leaflet #140: your dream list; beware the board-based bonus 1 and 2

Your dream list

Aug 28 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #139: questions for senior hires; protecting judgement; map the universe

Questions worth exploring with a prospective senior hire

Aug 20 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #138: who to hire first, graceful exits, AI usage in work tests

Who to hire first in start-up mode

Aug 13 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

The Leaflet #137: greatest hits & new quotations

managing those with more technical skill; i do - you do - we do at work; essence and maintenance

Aug 6 • Eric Parrie and Ben Marcovitz

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts