Rules Broken with Amanda Kahlow

Some leaders chase certainty. Others chase challenge, purpose, and the uncomfortable edge where real growth happens. In this episode of North Star Leaders, Lindsay sits down with Amanda Kahlow, CEO of 1Mind, for a grounded, honest conversation about leadership in the age of AI - where ambition, humanity, and self-awareness all have to coexist. Amanda shares how personal mission, spiritual grounding, and radical clarity shape the way she builds companies, makes hard calls, and shows up as a leader. You’ll hear them discuss: Why Amanda is drawn to unachievable goals, challenge, and the highs and lows of entrepreneurship How her upbringing shaped her resilience, values, and the way she thinks about success and family Creating a personal mission statement and using it as a compass for leadership and life Showing up as an authentic leader without conforming to traditional or male-dominated leadership norms The discipline of self-reflection, including learning to pause and choose your second reaction Rethinking go-to-market teams with AI by starting from a clean slate instead of fixing old processes Being honest about AI replacing jobs, and how that shift could allow humans to reconnect with what makes them human Resources: Amanda Kahlow on 1mind | LinkedIn Lindsay Pedersen - Contact me to tell me who you'd like to hear as a guest! | Connect with me on LinkedIn