The ideas of Mike Ashie
The world runs on data.
Leaders run on judgment.
Leaders today are expected to move faster, decide sooner, and know more than ever before. They are surrounded by dashboards, updates, opinions, and pressure to act before clarity arrives. Analog Intelligence is the discipline of slowing down just enough to see what actually matters.
Everyone has access to information.
Very few have clarity.
AI can summarize, predict, and generate.
But it can’t read the room.
It can’t sense timing.
It can’t feel when something is off.
Judgment is still a human skill.
Analog Intelligence is the practice of getting it back.
Analog Intelligence is not a productivity system or a leadership hack.
It is a discipline built through observation, restraint, reflection, and experience.
Each book explores a stage in developing the awareness, patience, and perspective required to lead well.
The Practice
Analog Intelligence
An operating system for leaders who think for themselves.
Five perspectives that shape how judgment is built.
Explored through writing, reflection, and real-world experience.
See what others miss. Choose wisely. Think clearly. Move decisively. Reflect honestly.
Explore the PracticeMike built this work from decades of leadership, hard won startup experience, and the kind of lessons that only come from doing the work, not watching from the sidelines.
Books
Five perspectives. One framework.
Hard-won lessons on opportunity, judgment, and leading with conviction. Written from experience, not theory.
Leadership
Decades of experience
Real frameworks for real leaders. Shaped by years of teaching, mentoring, and learning what actually works.
Ventures
AI company acquired
From failed businesses to founding an acquired AI company. Where hard lessons meet emerging technology.
The Books
Five books. One framework.
Your leadership operating system.
Each book builds on the last. Together, they teach you to see, decide, think, act, and grow... on your own terms.
NOTICE → RELEASE → CREATE SPACE → ACT → SEE DIFFERENTLY
Catch and Release
Learning when to let go of control, outcomes, and the need for certainty.
Second Look
Learning to reinterpret situations and see possibility where others see closure.
Each book is paired with The Analog Intelligence Workbook, practical exercises to train observation, judgment, and clear thinking.
The books explain the philosophy. The workbooks help you practice it.
About
About Mike
Mike Ashie has spent over two decades leading teams and building organizations.
He later became a founding member of two AI companies, including OneCliq, which was acquired.
Today his work on leadership judgment is followed by more than 65,000 leaders worldwide.
Why This Work Exists
Long before dashboards and AI models, Mike first learned about opportunity catching frogs as a kid... noticing movement others ignored.
Years later, after leading teams and working inside the AI world, he saw the same pattern again.
Technology could generate answers instantly.
But it couldn’t replace judgment.
Analog Intelligence grew from that realization.
The Series Is Still Unfolding
The Analog Intelligence books are being released progressively.
Each stage builds on the last, exploring how leaders develop awareness, patience, clarity, courage, and perspective.
Mike is currently writing Quiet Hour, the third stage in the practice.
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"The best insights rarely come from the loudest voices... they come from the ones paying the closest attention."
-Mike Ashie-
Leadership
Good leaders manage information.
Great leaders make sense of it.
Mike has spent decades leading teams, teaching leadership, and learning the hard way what actually works when the pressure is real.
His YouTube channel, Leadership with Mike, is followed by tens of thousands of leaders around the world who want practical advice... not motivational fluff.
Work With Mike
Bring clarity to
your team or audience.
As seen on Dr. Phil, Forbes, Success Magazine, and Yahoo. Mike is available for the right opportunities.
Keynotes & Conferences
Bring Analog Intelligence to your stage, talks on leadership, judgment, and clear thinking in a noisy world.
Workshops & Training
Hands-on sessions for leadership teams who want to sharpen decision-making and build real judgment.
Podcasts & Media
Conversations about AI, human instinct, failed ventures, and what most leaders get wrong on a day to day.
Stay Sharp
Reflections on Analog Intelligence
Short weekly notes on judgment, leadership, and seeing what others miss.
Ideas drawn from real experience, ongoing writing, and the evolving Analog Intelligence practice.