AI Leader Brief November 5, 2025
- Lynda McNutt Foster

- Nov 5
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 10
Inside This Week's Brief: Lynda McNutt Foster Interviews Former SpaceX Engineer
Big News & Business Impact: The AI arms race heats up as OpenAI and Microsoft secure massive cloud compute deals. Discover why "compute is the new logistics" and what it means for your organization's strategy and data security.
The Editor's Insight: Lynda McNutt Foster on engineering the human element of “WOW” — and why calm, culture-driven leadership is the true differentiator in an accelerating AI era.
Interview Insight: How the former SpaceX engineer built high-performance teams through “Calm Competency.” Learn why curiosity, recovery, and culture beat chaos every time.
Essential AI Tools & Ecosystem: This week’s toolkit — NotebookLM, Gamma, HeyGen, and CoPilot — designed to cut through admin chaos, boost focus, and reinforce calm, confident leadership.
Focus on Action — The Calm Competency Architect Prompt: A meta-prompt to help you and your AI co-pilot diagnose cultural friction, design sustainable team systems, and build high-stakes performance without burnout.













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