Ben Sommer

After analyzing thousands of meeting transcripts and studying executive coaching methodologies, a comprehensive framework emerges for systematically measuring executive presence. Here’s how communication effectiveness can be broken down into measurable, actionable insights using modern AI. Traditional executive coaching relies on subjective observations and costly 1:1 sessions. Scaling this expertise while maintaining accuracy requires moving beyond simple metrics like speaking time or word count.

Abstract Results from psychophysical studies using visual adaptation suggest that launch detectors in the visual system underlie the perception of causality in simple visual events. These detectors respond to events in which one stimulus collides with another stimulus (i.e., a launch), and do not respond to events where one stimulus passes over another (i.e., a pass).

To a 14-year-old incoming freshman, Scarsdale High School’s 1,500-plus student body and the labyrinth of hallways can be difficult to navigate, but SHS alumni praise a community-building program called Civ Ed. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, has forced Civ Ed into a period of transition as longtime deans and faculty advisers move on, and students emerge from the past two years of hybrid or remote connections.