https://rubainsamuel.com/posts/Recent content in Writing on Rubain SamuelHugoen-USTue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rubainsamuel.com/posts/strategic-judgment-ai/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rubainsamuel.com/posts/strategic-judgment-ai/<p>For much of my career, the path from junior employee to experienced decision-maker has followed a familiar, if imperfect, pattern.</p> <p>You start with the work closest to the ground, and often the messiest. You clean datasets, reconcile numbers that refuse to agree, trawl through research, update intimidating-looking Excel models, fix slides and spend longer than seems reasonable making a presentation coherent.</p> <p>You spend hours on an analysis that an experienced colleague seems able to understand in minutes. You follow hypotheses that lead nowhere. You present what feels like a solid answer, only to discover that you have misunderstood the question.</p>