the method

the plumbing. every rule we follow, so you can call us out when we break one.

the roster — these are the minds we chose

not just anyone with a title — the ones actively shaping the room.

Our starting list is the TIME 100 Most Influential People 2025 — Leaders category. From there we publish only the ones with enough public activity — schedules, statements, pool coverage — that a daily wall would actually have signal to read. New leaders can join when the news picks up; if a name goes quiet for months we let it fall off.

the pipeline (each morning)

Every day at 6am UTC we read the public wire: statements, official schedules, pool reports, and credible journalism. From that corpus we ask a simple question — given everything we can see, what is this person most likely thinking about right now? The answer comes out as a ranked list, each thought sized by estimated share of attention, rebuilt fresh.

Inputs are public. Outputs are our inference. The wall is our best read of the evidence, not a window into anyone's head.

provenance tiers

every line on the pad has to trace to something public.

On the schedule — confirmed in a public calendar, official agenda, or White House / press office release. The strongest signal.
Safe bet — consistent with known habits, stated priorities, or a pattern repeated enough times that we would be surprised if it broke today.
Reported — sourced to credible journalism. We link the source; judge the reporter's track record yourself.

confidence words

We attach one of three labels to every featured thought:

Very sure — multiple independent sources, on-the-record, recent.
Pretty sure — strong circumstantial evidence; one or two solid sources.
Honestly, a hunch — pattern-based; we are guessing out loud.

movement & lifecycle

Each thought's movement arrow compares today's rank against the rank from roughly seven days ago (our baseline). Up means it climbed; down means it slipped; steady means it held; new means it has no baseline yet.

A thought that goes quiet for 21 days leaves the featured wall and moves to the back-of-mind section. Its full history is kept — archived pages are permanent.

what we do not claim

We have no access to anyone's actual schedule, private communications, or calendar. Nothing here is sourced from confidential information. This site is entertainment built on public sources — it should be read as informed commentary, not reporting. We do not speak for, represent, or have any relationship with the people we cover.

suggestions, takedowns & contact

missed a leader? spotted a broken source? tell us.

Ideas for new leaders, corrections, or takedown requests all go to hello@ontheirmind.app — the single address for everything. If a source we cited has been corrected or retracted, or if you believe something here is factually wrong, we will review and correct promptly. If you represent someone featured here and want a thought removed, use the same address; we take those requests seriously.

credits

Leader portraits come from each leader's Wikipedia article and are hosted on Wikimedia Commons. Individual image authorship and licensing details are on the linked articles:

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