How Do They Lead w/ Love and Win?

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Sallyann Della Casa
June 26, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Dear Lovely Human,

You can lead fiercely and love deeply.

From scaling companies to shaping policy, these thinkers and doers prove that outperforming isn’t about outshouting—it’s about out-serving, out-listening, and yes, out-loving. This week, we tap into the wisdom of those who’ve mastered both ambition and empathy. Because the future doesn’t belong to those who choose one or the other—it belongs to those who blend both with grace.

📌The Week, in Smart:

​​ AI & Emerging Tech

 • No kids until he can make them superhuman? Yep. This is Meta’s latest billion-dollar hire.

 • Introducing 11ai — the voice-first assistant that reads Slack, files tickets, and does your prep calls.

• Perplexity’s new agents are next-level. Watch how they handle deep research in seconds.

• CRM meets AI: HubSpot’s new GPT connector wants to be your data whisperer.

• It’s a legal AI now arguing cases better than some associates. Harvey may be the best kept secret lawyer out there.

Human Stories and Skills

• Proposal to automatically give babies mother’s surname ignites row in Italy.  Can the state control what you call your child?

• Careem is exiting Pakistan after ten years. Must be a bittersweet move for its Pakistani co‑founder and CEO.

• Don’t say “just think positive.” This TIME piece unpacks what not to say to someone with depression.

. She raised $2 billion at a $10 billion valuation—without a pitch deck. Is this the dawn of the Decade of Women in AI?

• Gallup’s data drop shows most employees still lack control over their schedules. 

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• Laude School’s model is different — emotional safety + autonomy = learning that lasts.

• From silhouette to Pop Mart, this IP strategy post shows how design meets legal power.

 A Global Worldview

• The Secret is (Quietly) Out on Sumba… far from the tourism scenes of Bali and Lombok.

•In Indonesia, 87.54% of the population, 205,000,000 people, is Muslim.

•Looking for dragons roaming this earth?

 And finally…..

🎯 Impact and Making the World a Better Place

• Machines cannot love us back.

Your fans,
— Sal & the Gleac team