Banks Benitez

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

On Rest

Rest as a reconciliation between doing and being

On my relationship to work

Revisiting my relationship to work

On Work Time

Every time we reinforce the belief that working hard is a badge of honor in our work culture, we reinforce our inability to ever break free from working hard.

On Time and Trade-offs

Every choice is a trade-off

On Addictive Technology

When we increase the consciousness of our attention, we increase our power to direct it.

On Artificial Intelligence

2022, a rubicon for AI

On the Questions Between Chapters

How do we show up when we’re in between major chapters in our lives?

On Humility

Any success is a correspondence between us and the world

2022

The Insider - 9 Reflections on 2022

Looking back on 2022 with nine reflections

Death of a Salesman

The power of honest of art

On our Inability to Build

Why does it cost so much to build? And what does it mean for the clean energy transition?