Here, accomplished leaders and original thinkers explore the questions that matter most. Not the polished answers they give on stage, but the honest reflections they share when the armor comes off. These are conversations about success and struggle, certainty and doubt, achievement and the price it demands. Welcome to the room where real thinking happens.

THINKROOM IS AN INTELLECTUAL SANCTUARY WHERE BRILLIANT MINDS THINK OUT LOUD.

episodes

AUGMENT HUMANITY

ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON

Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson has spent 30 years studying why transformative technologies make things worse before they make things better.

His warning to leaders: the companies that look like they're winning right now are probably racing in the wrong direction. This episode is a masterclass on the hidden choice that will define your organization's future and why the right strategy often looks like failure.

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STOP TELLING EINSTEIN
WHAT TO DO

JONATHAN BRILL

World's #1 futurist Jonathan Brill has spent his career studying why some organizations adapt and others go extinct.

His warning: the management playbook we've been using for 140 years just became obsolete overnight. This episode is a wake-up call on what leadership actually looks like when your junior employees have more cognitive firepower than most executives.

I JUST QUIT MY JOB
(TO BUILD GRAIL)

JOHAN GRÖNSTEDT (ME!)

This time, I'm the one in the hot seat.
After 15 years in strategy execution and two years living as an AI-augmented executive, I quit my job to build something I couldn't ignore anymore.

In this reverse episode, Henrik Järleskog takes over as host and puts me through my own process - exploring whether GRAIL is the answer to why 96% of AI projects are failing, or whether I've lost my mind.

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YOUR STRATEGY IS
BULLSH*T

ALEX M H SMITH

Strategist Alex M H Smith thinks your strategy is probably bullshit - and he can prove it.

After years studying why some businesses become magnetic while others beg for attention, his diagnosis is brutal: nice leaders lose, consensus kills clarity, and fewer than 1% of companies have cracked the code. If you've ever left a strategy offsite wondering why nothing actually changed, this one's for you.