PsiQuantum Appoints Lip-Bu Tan to Board of Directors
PsiQuantum announced that Lip‑Bu Tan, Intel CEO and veteran semiconductor executive, has joined its board of directors. Tan brings decades of experience scaling chip design and manufacturing, complementing PsiQuantum’s push to build utility‑scale, fault‑tolerant quantum computers using silicon photonics. The appointment follows recent leadership changes, including Victor Peng as interim CEO and co‑founder Jeremy O’Brien moving to executive chairman. PsiQuantum is advancing large‑scale quantum projects in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Runway East Appoints Sophie Marsh As Chief Operating Officer
Runway East, a fast‑growing UK flexible‑workspace provider, has appointed Sophie Marsh as chief operating officer. Marsh arrives with more than 14 years of experience scaling startups and high‑growth real‑estate businesses, most recently at Appear Here and Onefinestay. She will oversee...
Sponsors Are the New Mentors, Especially for Women Lawyers
Despite a steady influx of women into law firms, their ascent to senior leadership remains stagnant. The article argues that mentorship alone is insufficient; sponsorship—active advocacy by senior partners—is the key driver of promotions. Men typically enjoy sponsorship, gaining high‑visibility...
Stop Trying to Win. Start Trying to Understand. The Leadership Shift That Changes Everything—At Work and At Home
The article challenges the common win‑oriented approach to conflict, urging leaders to replace it with a curiosity‑driven focus on understanding. By asking “What pressure is this person under?” leaders can uncover hidden stressors that fuel tension in boardrooms, sales calls,...
From Burnout to Regeneration with Ruth Poulsen
Educator Ruth Poulsen, a veteran teacher on sabbatical, links teacher burnout to the depletion seen in conventional farming and proposes a regenerative school model. She highlights a stark statistic that for every teacher who retires this year, four will quit,...
When “Good Enough” Becomes the Dominant Culture
The article warns that an unchecked drive for efficiency can turn "good enough" into a default culture, eroding the craft‑oriented mindset of creative teams. Over time, repeated shortcuts signal that high standards are optional, causing talent to disengage and quality...
Premium Perk: How to Tailor Feedback to Each Personality Type
Premium leadership platform 16Personalities released a new subscriber‑only guide titled “How to Tailor Feedback to Each Personality Type.” The cheat sheet breaks down all 16 Myers‑Briggs‑style types and provides two actionable lists—“Say This” and “Avoid This”—for each, offering phrasing that...
“People First” Leadership Is Missing in Construction And It’s Costing You
The construction industry is grappling with rising costs and a talent shortage, prompting a shift toward People First leadership. Veteran electrician Jonathan Cinelli advocates a model that places trust, communication, and mental‑wellness at the core of site management. By treating...
What Explains the Rise in CEO Age?
CEO ages in the United States have risen dramatically, reaching an average of 61 in 2023—about ten years higher than in 2000. The typical age at appointment climbed from under 48 to 55, indicating that firms are hiring older leaders...
How Smart Leaders Use Language to Create Clarity
Clarity is essential for high‑performing teams, acting as the oxygen that fuels execution. The article argues that leaders must translate their own understanding into consistent language, standardizing labels, titles, and terminology across the organization. Inconsistent wording creates hidden friction, slows...
Stop These 3 Critical HR Mistakes that Are Undermining Your Leadership Credibility
The episode highlights three common HR mistakes that erode a leader’s credibility: avoiding direct performance conversations, delegating those talks to HR, and using HR as a threat. It explains how delayed involvement and poor documentation limit corrective options and increase...
3 Leadership Lessons I Learned From My Worst Bosses
Former corporate employee Mita Mallick shares three leadership lessons drawn from her worst bosses. She warns against late‑night emails, highlights how silence enables workplace bullying, and urges leaders to intervene when disengagement spreads. Each lesson includes actionable steps such as...
12 Things That Keep CEOs Up At Night
Mid‑size company CEOs juggle a web of interrelated challenges, from attracting and retaining talent to managing cash‑flow under economic uncertainty. Surveys highlight regulation, inflation, tariffs and the strain of leadership as persistent pain points that can derail growth. CEOs fear...
Aon Strengthens Asia Pacific Growth Leadership with Senior Appointments
Aon announced three senior appointments—Richard Tan, Maggie Hsieh and Michel Muganza—to its Asia Pacific Growth team, reinforcing the firm’s commercial leadership in the region. The hires are intended to improve collaboration across Aon’s APAC units, enhance client delivery, and help...
Employees Don’t Want to Participate in Our Community Outreach, Parking Issues, and More
The Ask a Manager column addressed four distinct workplace dilemmas: low employee participation in corporate community‑outreach programs, a receptionist’s hesitation to report a coworker’s call‑drop issue, a disabled staff member’s loss of accessible parking at a university, and the legal...
The Talk Show: ‘Food and Beverage Director’
Apple announced that Tim Cook will step down as CEO to become executive chairman, while longtime hardware leader John Ternus will assume the chief executive role. The company also elevated Johny Srouji to chief hardware officer, consolidating oversight of its...
The Multifamily Operations Daily Huddle: The Discipline of the First Conversation
The article argues that the first conversation with a new hire is the cornerstone of effective onboarding in multifamily operations. Rather than treating orientation as paperwork, leaders should use that initial interaction to transmit culture, clarify performance expectations, and show...
Soccer’s Next Don
MLS is quietly hunting a successor to long‑time commissioner Don Garber, whose contract expires at the end of the 2027 season. Korn Ferry, the executive search firm, has been contacting a mix of former league executives, team owners and media...
Friday Forward - People First (#534)
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel, a century‑old family business, demonstrates a genuine people‑first culture by tying health, safety, financial and mental‑wellness incentives directly to employee rewards. The company offers on‑site health screenings, free work‑boot fittings, a generous 401(k) match and...
Become a ‘B.O.S.S.’: Use This Practical Framework for Business Growth
The B.O.S.S. Model is a four‑quadrant framework—Business Development, Talent, Operations, and Financial Management—designed to help CEOs assess growth opportunities and prioritize resources. It emphasizes aligning personal leadership development with enterprise scaling, leveraging tools like AI to streamline processes. The model...
When You Become the Stability Everyone Else Relies On
The post explains how high‑capacity leaders gradually assume the invisible role of maintaining emotional and operational stability for their teams. This "stability carrier" emerges through consistent reliability, not formal assignment, and becomes expected over time. While the organization benefits from...
The Jobs Apocalypse Playbook: What It Would Actually Take to End Human Work and Why It Won't Happen
The article outlines a speculative "Jobs Apocalypse Playbook" that lists eight preconditions required for a civilization‑scale collapse of human work due to AI. It contrasts the sensational narrative—AI wiping out half of entry‑level white‑collar jobs and pushing unemployment to double...
Kennesaw State: The Strategy of the Post-Merger Regional University
Kennesaw State University’s 2015 merger with Southern Polytechnic State University added engineering programs, a second campus, and research infrastructure in a single transaction. Over the next decade the university leveraged those assets to boost enrollment beyond 51,000 students and earn...
The Ozkaya Board Briefing Framework: How CISOs Win the 15 Minutes
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya proposes a four‑step Board Briefing Framework—Risk, Decision, Metric, Ask—to replace the typical technical deep‑dives that leave boards disengaged. He shows how most CISO updates fail by speaking in jargon, presenting vanity metrics, or offering no decision, resulting...
Join Our 5-Day Mastering 1:1 Meetings Challenge
The 16Personalities newsletter is launching a free‑to‑start 5‑Day Mastering 1:1 Meetings Challenge on May 4, designed to help leaders run more effective one‑on‑one conversations. Participants receive daily lessons that tackle common pain points, from agenda setting to handling stalled dialogue, and...
Leadership Traits for Navigating Uncertainty
The NC State ERM Initiative released a thought‑leadership paper that reframes enterprise risk management as a leadership discipline rather than a purely technical function. Drawing on insights from senior risk executives at the 2026 ERM Roundtable, the report identifies four...
Sir Roger Wright Declares
Sir Roger Wright, former head of BBC Radio 3, the Proms and Britten Pears Arts, announced he will step down as CEO of the Rothschild Foundation in October 2026 upon turning 70. Wright has overseen the foundation’s arts‑grantmaking portfolio for several years,...
Episode 43: Jensen Huang on Generative Computing, Re-Industrialization, & Physical AI
Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, explained how the company’s full‑stack AI platform is moving the economy from raw compute to “intelligence manufacturing,” where tokenized AI outputs become a new unit of value. He outlined the AI “five‑layer cake” spanning silicon,...
What Trump Can Learn From Nixon
Trump’s recent attempts to tighten agency spending—exemplified by Kristi Noem’s $100,000 contract‑review rule at DHS and Howard Lutnick’s identical threshold at Commerce—have created costly backlogs, echoing the bureaucratic micromanagement of the Nixon era. Nixon’s “administrative presidency” expanded White House staff...
APFN Announce Mark Walker as New CEO
AllPoints Fibre (APFN) announced that Mark Walker will assume the role of chief executive officer on 1 June 2026, succeeding Managing Director Ronan Kelly. Walker arrives with senior experience at Virtual1, TalkTalk’s B2B wholesale division and as chief commercial officer at PXC,...
The Visibility Gap Holding You Back
A senior technical leader driving a high‑impact, IPO‑linked initiative struggled to secure a promotion because his influence was invisible to senior leadership. Despite expanding scope and cross‑team responsibilities, he lacked formal authority and feared upsetting other leaders. Coaching revealed that...
What L&D Leaders Get Wrong About The 70-20-10 Rule
The 70-20-10 learning model, created in the 1980s for seasoned executives, assumes learners already possess basic knowledge. Applying it to novices—career‑changers, new technical hires, or students—leads to gaps because the 10% of formal instruction becomes insufficient. The article also debunks...
As Much As Needed, As Little As Possible: Jensen Huang on the Operating Principle Behind Nvidia’s Run
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang repeatedly emphasized an eight‑word operating principle: “as much as needed, as little as possible.” The mantra guides Nvidia to own only the core AI stack—CUDA, NVLink, compilers—and to refuse non‑essential ventures like its own cloud or...
The High Cost of Avoiding Hard Conversations
The article argues that dodging uncomfortable conversations erodes trust, lowers performance standards, and creates larger problems for leaders and teams. It identifies three psychological patterns—people‑pleasing, desire for control, and lack of practice—that drive avoidance. To counteract this, the author proposes...
Responsible AI Governance Starts With Ownership
The article asserts that responsibility for workplace AI systems rests with the organization that deploys them, not the vendors. It highlights the need for cross‑functional ownership—HR, legal, compliance, security, and business leaders must be involved before any AI goes live....
Team Members Who Hide the Ball
Many ambitious employees conceal problems to protect their image and autonomy, giving leaders a distorted view of reality. This habit is reinforced when leaders reward only good news and rely on informal one‑on‑one updates. Implementing shared dashboards, regular team check‑ins,...
How Leaders Shrink People
The article argues that leaders who express gratitude build employee worth, power, and strength, while power‑hungry leaders shrink people through criticism and neglect. It outlines three pillars—building worth, expanding power, and increasing strength—showing how appreciation fuels confidence, initiative, and performance....
Under Canvas Appoints Brodsky as CEO
Under Canvas, the upscale outdoor hospitality brand, has named Noah Brodsky as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Matt Gaghen who will serve as executive chairman through 2026. Brodsky arrives from Lindblad Expeditions, where he was chief commercial officer, and...
July Ndlovu to Become Caledonia Chairman as John Kelly Steps Down in Succession Plan
Caledonia Mining Corp announced that independent non‑executive director July Ndlovu will assume the chairmanship following the May 5, 2026 AGM, succeeding John Kelly who will remain on the board. Kelly, who has led the board for three years, guided the company through...
Carter Sought to Hire Associate at Nebraska
Former University of Nebraska system president Ted Carter, who left the role in late 2023 to become Ohio State’s president, is accused of trying to secure a job for Krisanthe Vlachos, a woman with whom he had an inappropriate relationship....
The Multifamily Operations Daily Huddle: What Enduring Leadership Looks Like
The article argues that enduring leadership in multifamily operations hinges on consistent, low‑drama practices such as weekly one‑on‑one meetings, steady decision‑making, and transparent communication. Leaders who prioritize culture—integrating people, process, and technology—tend to produce portfolios that not only survive downturns...
Scandal, Loyalty & ‘Summer House’: Frances Berwick’s Bravo Playbook
Frances Berwick, now chairman of Bravo and Peacock unscripted, has turned the network into a growth engine despite a shrinking unscripted market. Over the last six months Bravo’s shows lifted their monthly reach on Peacock by 45%, with flagship series...
Interview with Upside Gold CEO (4/29/2026)
Upside Gold’s CEO outlined a $150 million equity raise to fund the next phase of its flagship mine, where recent drilling boosted the resource estimate by roughly 20 percent. The company now targets first production in the third quarter of 2027,...
Still Learning: A Live Event with Elisabeth Swan on May 7
On May 7 at 1 PM ET, Mark Graban and author Elisabeth Swan will co‑host a live LinkedIn event titled “Still Learning: Mistakes and Leadership Lessons.” The session marks the third anniversary of Swan’s “Picture Yourself a Leader” and Graban’s “The Mistakes That...
The 2026 CPO Awards Winners Are Here
The 2026 CPO Awards in San Francisco honored product leaders who have expanded the Chief Product Officer role to include AI strategy, organizational redesign, and unprecedented decision‑making. Winners received an exclusive preview of the upcoming CPO Insights Report, which benchmarks AI...
Be Careful What You Cap
Recent contract negotiations in Minneapolis, Denver, Baltimore County, and Oakland reveal that class‑size caps and workload limits are evolving from modest labor perks into hard constraints on school capacity. An 11% cut in class‑size caps in Minneapolis, combined with a...
Ellucian, Workday, and the AI Modernization Dilemma
The intelligence brief reveals that higher‑education leaders face mounting pressure to deploy AI as a hedge against the enrollment cliff, but modernizing legacy Student Information Systems and ERP platforms is fraught with risk. An 80% failure rate and a recent...
Cotswold Airport Unveils New Leadership Structure to Support Business Aviation Growth
Cotswold Airport announced a new executive leadership structure to drive business aviation growth and sustainable aerospace initiatives. Graham Carter was named Group Managing Director, Antonia Silk promoted to Operations Director and board member, and Glen Moreman shifted to a Flight...
PROPTECH-X : Dils Spain to Hire 50 Professionals to Support the Expansion of Its Commercial Business
Dils announced the appointment of Carlos García Redondo as CEO of Commercial Real Estate for Dils Spain, signaling a push to scale its commercial platform. The firm plans to hire more than 50 professionals in 2026, bringing its Spain workforce...
DirectorMoves
The latest DirectorMoves briefing reports three senior leadership changes: Newmont’s chief technical officer, François Hardy, is retiring; Intuit promoted Ashley Still to general manager of its Small Business group while retaining her Mid‑Market GM role; and Coherent’s chief strategy officer, Giovanni Barbarossa, is...