Mazurek, Leszek: - What is wisdom? Is it a human invention, or a universal pattern we only ever rediscover?This central question has guided Leszek Mazurek, a global Chief Information Officer who has spent over 25 years leading large international teams and spearheading technological innovation for multi-billion-dollar companies. His career has given him a deep understanding of the logic of systems, the flow of data, the architecture of change, and an even deeper appreciation for the human dynamics required to lead teams through it.Yet, beyond the boardroom, Leszek has always been a seeker, fascinated by the universal truths that echo through history. As both a leader and a lifelong student of philosophy, he developed a specific perspective: that the greatest aphorisms feel less like personal inventions and more like discoveries of a universal law. He came to see wisdom not as something humans create, but as an eternal pattern they rediscover-a fundamental truth of our existence, like the constant π, that was always there, waiting to be articulated.This led him to ask a simple, yet powerful question: if wisdom is a pattern, could a machine be trained to find it? He saw the emergence of Large Language Models not as a replacement for human thought, but as a unique tool to explore this idea-an ego-less mirror capable of processing millennia of human text to distill the timeless signals of truth hidden within.In his debut work, The Leader's Compass, the first book in his Wisdom by AI series, Leszek acts not as a guru, but as a guide and a conduit. He collaborated with advanced AI systems, tasking them to process millennia of human knowledge-from philosophy and sacred texts to literature and leadership theory. The result is not a book by an AI, but a reflection of us, a mirror showing the timeless patterns of leadership, humility, and purpose that resonate within our collective consciousness.This book is the first step in Leszek's larger project to explore the fundamental patterns of human existence through our most advanced technology. He is not outsourcing wisdom to machines, but partnering with them to offer us a new way to connect with the eternal truths that guide an impactful and meaningful life.