Trust Is the Real Reason You Can't See the Problems

The Business of Alignment - Powered by The E1B2 Collective · Jul 2, 2026 · 12m

Another raw drive-to-the-gym episode, and AJ opens with the hill he'll never be debated off of: moving your body is the single greatest energy source you have, and he does it now more for mental health than aesthetics. From there he pulls one simple idea out of product and drops it on the rest of the business. When you build product, especially with AI, you set up alerts to catch hallucinations, misfires, and friction the moment they happen. So why don't organizations do the same thing during a transformation? He argues we get seduced by every flicker of positive sentiment, a warm reply to an…