Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, exemplified trend-aware leadership by transforming France through intentional design, centralized decision-making, and deep integration into the feedback loop.
He embodied authenticity through authorship and redefined France, much like a great product leader shapes the vision and culture of a product.
Louis XIV was trend-aware, not trend-averse, and leaders today must also stay plugged in to innovation to avoid irrelevance.
In modern product management and AI-led organizations, effective leaders must orchestrate decentralized intelligence while embodying ethos, vision, and values to create internal coherence.