Insights

Weekly editions on technology, leadership, and humanity—original writing for people building a more human future.

1. Edition #35: Influence, Not Control

   The neuroscience of moving people — and why it's about to be the most valuable skill you have

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-08-30

2. Edition #34: Empower, Don't Mandate

   AI adoption isn't a technology problem. It's a leadership one.

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-08-21

3. Edition #33: Who Can Prove It?

   The resume is dying, AI is judging AI, and the most valuable asset you have is the one thing you can actually prove

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-08-14

4. Edition #32: The Middle of the Curve

   AI is quietly pulling our work, our attention, and even our bodies toward average. The most human thing we can do is refuse.

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-08-08

5. Edition #31 - One More Conversation

   AI can now bring back your mother's voice. The sensitive question is whether it should, and what it does to the people left behind.

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-08-01

6. Edition #30: The Comfort That Leaves Us Emptier

   AI companions can ease loneliness in a moment, and deepen it over a year. A look at the machines we're learning to love, across every generation.

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-07-25

7. Edition #29: The Gap Nobody Is Measuring

   AI capability is on a hockey stick. Human capability is crawling. And the bill is about to come due.

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-07-12

8. Edition #28: America - The Original Startup

   A special Independence Day edition — America turns 250, and writes its next chapter in code

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-07-04

9. Edition #27: When Enough Is Never Enough

   On gratitude, ambition, and what AI is quietly doing to our sense of meaning

   By Mykel Salomon · 2026-06-27

10. Edition #26 - When Trust in Science Breaks

    Why truth, funding, and public trust just became part of the human future

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-06-20

11. Edition #25 - Your Voice Is Your IP

    Why the future belongs to humans who can think, speak, build, and be trusted

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-05-09

12. Edition #24 - The Power of Transformation

    Why real transformation is not becoming someone else, but learning how to become more fully human

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-04-25

13. Edition #23 - AI for Good

    What it looks like when intelligence serves healing

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-04-18

14. Edition #22 - Who Do You Become When No One Needs You?

    Who do you become when no one needs you?

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-03-27

15. Edition #21 - Are We Ready for Universal Basic Income?

    What happens to work, dignity, and survival when AI changes the rules?

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-03-20

16. Edition #20 - AI Doesn’t Fix Your Operation. It Exposes It.

    AI is not a magic layer you sprinkle on top of chaos. It’s a mirror.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-03-13

17. Edition #19 - The Future Isn’t Coming. It’s Being Built.

    The Future Isn’t Coming. It’s Being Built. And you get a say in what it becomes.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-03-06

18. Edition #18 - THE FIGHT FOR HUMANITY IS ON

    There is a moment in history where you can feel the rules changing under your feet.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-02-27

19. Edition #17 - How Do We Heal in Times of Displacement?

    Opening Reflection I have been thinking about the people who just lost their jobs. Not as headlines. As humans.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-02-20

20. Edition #16 - Reinvention Without Permission

    Beyond titles in the age of AI. AI is not just changing work. It’s changing identity.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-02-14

21. Edition #15 - AI That Ships : The difference between demos and production

    The difference between demos and production

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-02-07

22. Edition #14 - Why Your Story Is the Strategy

    In the age of AI, strategy doesn’t travel through slides or tools, it travels through story. This Newsletter Edition #14 breaks down "why leaders struggle to communicate vision", and how to translate complexity into business outcomes people actually remember.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-01-31

23. Edition #13 - Humans in the Loop

    AI-first strategy only works when humans stay in control

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-01-24

24. Edition #12 - How to Become your own CHAMPION

    “If you don’t believe in yourself, borrow belief, but don’t outsource it forever.”

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-01-17

25. Edition #11 - A Wake-Up Call: AI Is Here — Now What?

    Every transformation creates fear. But the real risk is refusing to evolve. This isn’t the end of human work. It’s a redesign. And if we face this moment , together, we can build a future that works with us, not against us. Let’s embrace the opportunity. Let’s keep humans in the loop. And let’s lead this transformation , not run from it.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-01-10

26. Edition #10: The Year We Choose to Stay Human

    A note before we begin This is not a hype piece. Not a “new year, new you” checklist. Not a performance for the algorithm. This is a moment to stand still , together, and decide how we want to move forward.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2026-01-03

27. The Human Protocol — Holiday Note

    A Christmas Pause

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-12-27

28. Edition #8:Authenticity Doesn’t Need a Filter

    Somewhere along the way, we started confusing visibility with value.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-12-20

29. Edition #7: When Algorithms Decide What We Crave

    We talk about “food choices” like they’re neutral. Read the label. Count the calories. Take responsibility and that's it ....

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-12-13

30. Edition #6: Ethics in AI Is Non-Negotiable

    We are building systems that move faster than our conversations, faster than our policies, faster than our caution, faster than our ethics.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-12-06

31. Edition #5 : The Becoming Human Manifesto - The Art of Gratitude

    Gratitude isn’t a holiday thing. It’s not a season. It’s a way of BEING.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-11-29

32. Edition #4 : The Becoming Human Manifesto: Human Potential Deserves a Chance

    We say people are our greatest asset ..... But do we act like it?

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-11-22

33. Edition #3 : The Becoming Human Manifesto: Have You Found Your Why?

    We’re living in a time where everything is shifting, fast. Roles. Titles. Business models. Entire industries.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-11-16

34. Edition #2: The Becoming Human Manifesto: What Do We Refuse to Automate?

    We’re not just building a future with AI. We’re building a future that will test who we are in the process.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-11-08

35. Edition #1: The Becoming Human Manifesto You were never meant to stay the same.

    You were never meant to stay the same.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-11-01

36. Welcome to The Human Protocol Newsletter

    There's a quiet revolution happening. Not in code. Not in cloud. But in the conversations we're having about what it means to be human in a world accelerating toward AI, automation, and algorithms.

    By Mykel Salomon · 2025-10-25