Banks Benitez

On Rehearsal Dinners

What we hold back

Climate

Paperwork and Hammer Businesses

For every flashy climate technology, there are ten boring businesses that are flying under the radar, solving everyday problems involving hammers or paperwork.

Conscious Leadership

The power of asymmetrical risk

We’re often told this story that the greater the risk, the greater the reward, but that misguides us to think that the levers holding risk and reward are always equally balanced.

Conscious Leadership

Process vs. Authority

Before building lots of processes, build clear authorities, then determine what process is needed.

Impact

The Undertow of Technology

The wave of technological progress may move us forward, but the stronger its force, the stronger its undertow.

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - April 2023

The undertow of technology, over engineering process, asymmetrical risk, boring businesses, and rehearsal dinners.

Car Accidents & Strangers

The burst of humanity after a near-fatal wreck.

Conscious Leadership

Redefining Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, and how intelligence is a relationship between us and the world.

Climate

Geoengineering: The risks of desperation

Humans tend to be more interventionist than preventionist.

Conscious Leadership

The Four Acts of Company Building

There are often four acts to building a company.

The Insider - March 2023

On company building, geoengineering, artificial intelligence, and the kindness of strangers.

Personal Reflections

The limits of spreadsheets

The one question that reframes everything and cuts through it all.

Conscious Leadership

New evidence on the 4-day workweek

92% of companies who piloted the 4-day workweek decided to keep it long-term

Climate

On the Limits of Technology

The technologies to tackle climate change will be available far faster than our ability to implement them.

Conscious Leadership

On Remote Work

Is remote work is a successful model for early-stage companies looking to build ambitious things?

The decline of cities

Remote work is costing New York City $12 billion per year.

On Artificial Intelligence

We should be more afraid of losing our judgment to AI than our jobs.

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - February 2023

On artificial intelligence, remote work, the resilience of cities, and the limitations of climate tech

Uncharted Insider

The Insider - January 2023

On fast-food work cultures, the art of quitting, interest rates, and invisible supply chains

Personal Reflections

Where Rural meets Urban

“The soil is the great connector of lives.”

Climate

Climate Technologies

The climate technologies we need to hit our climate targets already exist.

Conscious Leadership

Invisible Forces

The importance of being reminded of the invisible forces in our lives

Conscious Leadership

The art of quitting

Leaders need the ability to quit things they’ve previously committed to.

Conscious Leadership

On fast-food work cultures

Despite its many benefits, remote work will lead to the fast-food-ification of company culture.

A Proposal

A life of new horizons ahead