Those leaders tend to be: • Confident but thoughtful — they avoid over-the-top predictions. • Open-minded but grounded — not buying into unsubstantiated claims like “AI will replace every developer tomorrow” or wild doomsday/barista scenarios for tech workers. • Focused on reality over drama — emphasizing practical challenges, like why migrating core systems of record is actually hard and risky, rather than waving hands about revolutionary overnight changes.