Writings on Leadership, Legacy & Succession

A collection of essays and reflections on leadership, legacy, succession and the human dynamics that shape wealth and power - originals published here and across Substack, LinkedIn and select platforms.

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Why Presence, Polarity, and Feminine Intelligence Must Shape the Next Chapter of AI

Why Presence, Polarity, and Feminine Intelligence Must Shape the Next Chapter of AI. Artificial Intelligence has mastered structure, speed, and scale — but meaning requires the feminine. In this feature for Women in Automation, Stacy Kehren Idema explores why the next evolution of AI depends on the balance of polarity: the masculine systems that organize and the feminine intelligence that gives them purpose. This is not a call for softness, it’s a strategy for sustainability

Stacy Kehren Idema

Sep 26, 20251 min read

5 Things We Need to Do to Close the VC gender Gap

Learn about the masculine and the feminine. Today’s investment system is steeped over in the masculine and barren in the feminine. But...

Stacy Kehren Idema

Apr 14, 20231 min read

Speak With Confidence From The Boardroom To The Bedroom

Your communication (and leadership) style is like a bull in a china shop. The good news. You get stuff done and the results are noticed. Fee

Stacy Kehren Idema

Jan 13, 20221 min read

Return to Humanism.

By definition, humanism is a philosophy or a way of thinking about the world. It is also a set of ethics or ideas about how people should li

Stacy Kehren Idema

Mar 10, 20212 min read

Why Every CEO Needs a Trusted Advisor

The amount of time you spend processing the day-to-day commotion, your next big moves, reconfiguring costly lessons learned

Stacy Kehren Idema

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Topics include leadership, succession, family enterprise, the Great Wealth Transfer, decision-making, governance, trust, identity, and power in periods of transition.