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Masters of Scale · November 3, 2026 · 31m 28s

Thriving in chaos: top leaders’ strategies from Masters of Scale Summit

Bob Safian brings together leaders from business, tech, and media to share how they navigate constant disruption. DJ Patil opens with a double pendulum to demonstrate chaos theory, underscoring the limits of prediction. Raina Kumra describes managing a team of AI agents and argues that the only viable response is radical calm, not frantic adaptation. Hayden Brown advocates leading like a pioneer, embracing uncertainty as the new normal, while Baratunde Thurston warns against becoming a machine in the rush to keep up. Watch Duty CEO John Mills draws a sharp line between speed and haste, and Dara and William Treseder reveal how they balance career, marriage, and family using glass-and-rubber-ball priorities and a family NPS.

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DJ Patil explains how a double pendulum demonstrates chaos theory: even simple deterministic systems can produce wildly unpredictable outcomes, a reality leaders must accept.
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Keep Calm, Not Up
Raina Kumra, who manages a team of 12 AI agents, says the only way to lead now is to stop trying to keep up and focus on keeping calm.

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