The three ethical traps that destroy change leaders

In January 2026, Anthropic published an 84-page constitution for Claude, its AI model that’s notable for what it doesn’t do: it doesn’t list rules. Instead, it explains why Claude should behave in certain ways, so the model can reason through situations its creators never anticipated. The core idea is simple: rules run out. Judgment doesn’t. I’ve been thinking about that distinction for years, not in the context of AI, but in the context of leaders I’ve...