Jamaal’s Letter

What You're Getting Wrong About Harvard's Leadership Crisis

Symbolism, Qualifications, Plagiarism, and Why Harvard's Next President Should Be a Black Woman

Feb 2 • 

Jamaal Glenn

January 2024

What I Predicted Right About 2023

I was spot on about career trends and labor markets, and their effects on cities.

Jan 8 • 

Jamaal Glenn

What I Predicted Wrong About 2023

I overestimated the productivity of Congress, was foiled by a recession that never came, and underestimated the wealth of the world's richest man

Jan 5 • 

Jamaal Glenn

December 2023

What Open AI's New Board Should Do Now

Fix the corporate structure, recruit AI moderates, dismantle the cult of Sam, and embrace the 'open' in Open AI

Dec 19, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

November 2023

Four Red Flags Behind the Attempted Coup at Open AI

The Have-Your-Cake-and-Eat-it-too Corporate Structure, The PR-Stunt “Capped-Profit” Model, The Largest Investor Without a Board Seat, The CEO with No…

Nov 27, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

October 2023

Seeing the Balkans Beyond Movie Stereotypes

Tall people, cosmopolitan but not global vibes, violent tv, and no one wants to talk about Kosovo

Oct 20, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

September 2023

Europe is Buzzing About AI and Emerging Tech While Also Leading the Fight to Regulate It.

The US Should Take Notes

Sep 29, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

Leadership, Work-Life, and Tech Across the Atlantic

What I Expected to Learn as a Marshall Memorial Fellow

Sep 28, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

August 2023

What I'm Telling CEOs and Boards about Artificial Intelligence

The first killer app, imminent regulation, and the gold in the AI gold rush.

Aug 4, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

June 2023

Remote Work is About What Workers Will Tolerate Not About What Is More Productive

Remote work will win because workers will demand it, whether its better for companies or not

Jun 6, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

When it comes to AI, Everyone is Talking Their Book

One of the best ways to interrogate a claim about the future of AI is to first ask how the person making the claim might benefit

Jun 1, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn

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May 2023

Globalization is Decentralizing from Institutions to People

People are moving more globally than they ever have before while institutions are rethinking their unrelenting march toward globalization.

May 11, 2023 • 

Jamaal Glenn