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Steve Taplin: CEO, Sonatafy Technology
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Steve Taplin: CEO, Sonatafy Technology

It’s Monday morning and Elena sits at her kitchen table with a cup of coffee and her laptop.

The disconnection between what you say and what you do

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

In 1995, audiences packed into lecture halls to hear Nicholas Negroponte talk about the strange new world of “being digital.” He spoke about a future where information would leave the page and move into screens, where commerce, education, and culture would be redefined by networks.

Every breakthrough begins inside a vacuum.

If you’ve spent any time around AI over the past few years, you’ve probably noticed that most of the conversation has centered on generative AI.

Here’s What It Would Look Like, And How Would It Work

The Answer Depends on What We Mean by CEO

Every leadership team is asking the same question right now: How do we measure the value of AI?

Today’s executives aren’t just smart, They’re augmented.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been competing.

How? Start by Admitting You Don't Have the Answers. Yet.

Leadership Studies Are Flourishing While Employees are More Disengaged and Unhappy than Ever

I get it.

Why America Is Sleepwalking Into a Global Crisis

Emergent AI and a Warning for the Future

Professor Zhang Qiang hunched over his lab bench at Tsinghua University last September, studying a polymer film that looked unremarkable but represented something extraordinary.

When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940, his cabinet pushed for peace negotiations with Hitler.

In July 2025, Sharon Brightwell of Dover, Florida, received a call that no parent wants to hear.

The gap between what executives need to know about technology and what they actually know costs organizations billions every year.