by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jan 14, 2026
Choosing to be a World Champion at Life Yesterday we hosted the first Surrender to Lead Summit. The conversation moved fast from aspiration to responsibility. Meredith Kessler’s keynote hit me hard. She talked about judgment under pressure, the kind where stakes are...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jan 8, 2026
This week, Jessica sat down with Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco, to explore one of the most consequential leadership challenges of our time: how to advance artificial intelligence at global scale while remaining deeply responsible to...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Jan 7, 2026
The Conversations Leaders Are Ready to Have Six days. That is how far we are from the Surrender to Lead Summit, and I keep coming back to where this all began. A few years ago, Joe Terry and I came up with the idea to write Surrender to Lead because we kept seeing the...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 31, 2025
My New Year’s Resolution Is to Answer a Bigger Call Last year, my New Year’s resolution was to raise the stakes. This year, something different is calling. As the world grows louder, faster, and more fragmented, leadership that relies on urgency and control starts to...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Dec 24, 2025
2026 Is the Year of Playing Offense Playing offense in 2026 requires a shift in how leaders think about momentum. It shows up in the belief systems that shape daily behavior and in the way teams respond when conditions are uneven. When beliefs, behaviors, and...
