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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2026 · 30 MIN

Becoming the Builder-Conductor

from Data Science Leaders

Justin Johnson sat down one afternoon to build a new capability for ARIA, the AI research agent he runs on a supercomputer that sits on his desk. Before writing a single line, he checked what was already there and found that his own system had designed and built the exact thing he was about to start. Three months earlier. While he was asleep. That was the moment Justin went, in his words, from first mover to second mover on his own project, and he's still working out what that means.Justin brings:How the “second mover” gap is wideningWhere most senior data science leaders really fall on the copilot-versus-harness divideHow the old trade-off between mission and frontier technology is collapsing in biopharmaBe sure to check out Justin’s book, Builder-Leader: The AI Exoskeleton That Crosses the Gap, and his blog, Run Data Run.

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