Boards Win by Strategically Leveraging AI
RT @VisionEdgeMktg 🤖 Boards winning right now aren't ignoring AI, they're strategically leveraging it. Here's how private company boards unlock AI's power. https://t.co/RdWx8f8aIQ #Leadership #AI #Strategy
Innovation Thrives when You Cut, Not Add
If this idea resonates, I explore it more in Inside the Box (link in bio) Apple wasn’t saved by adding more. It was saved by cutting almost everything. When Steve Jobs reduced dozens of products to just four, it forced clarity. Innovation isn’t...
Sustained Balance Routines Prevent Small Disruptions From Spiraling
One of the more subtle risks in daily life is not the disruption itself but how long we remain out of balance afterward. Most people have ways to settle themselves in the moment. Fewer have routines that help them return...
Loyalty and Competence Rarely Coexist in Zimbabwe's Leadership
EVERY LEADER needs a competent and loyal team around him… The challenge is that some are loyal, but incompetent… & some are competent by not loyal… Money-driven people & power-driven people are NEVER LOYAL… In Zimbabwe, we are witnessing power-driven folks destroying...
Companies Blame Employees, Not Bad Managers
I just watched an Amazon VP explain why it's easier to label YOU as "high maintenance" than to address your bad manager ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ A thread.
Nike CEO Shows How to Motivate Exhausted Teams
Interesting take on CEO communication style at NKE What the Nike CEO’s remarks reveal about rallying employees through turnaround fatigue - FORTUNE
Sensational Claims Question Altman's Trustworthiness, but Lack Substance
That the premise of this article is “we interviewed 100+ people to determine if Sam Altman is a liar and a sociopath” is wild. The animation of the image in the article is also quite unsettling. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted?currentPage=all
What to Ask 100 $500M+ Founders?
Question: I'm getting to sit in a room with about 100 founders who have build $500M+ companies for about 3 days. If you were me, what questions would you ask them?
Detach Your Reputation From Corporate Titles and Brands
For decades we were taught that professional power lived in the institution. Your job title. The company brand name. Your corner office. So we tethered our reputations to organizations that could revoke our access overnight. What would you have built or done differently...
Great Leaders Overestimate, Inspire Idealism and Optimism
Great leaders are idealists and optimists. They overestimate what we are capable of and inspire us to believe the same.
From $10k Debt to $60B: Remote Work Triumph
These guys used a $10,000 credit card debt to start a business in 2002. That company is now worth $60B. In 2020, they dropped their biggest surprise yet: They told all employees to stop coming to work. Everyone thought it...
Delay in Addressing Underperformance Erodes Culture
Hiring mistakes are inevitable. Retention mistakes are optional. The real failure isn’t misjudgment at entry, it’s hesitation after evidence accumulates. Teams degrade quietly when underperformance is tolerated. Culture doesn’t break in one moment; it erodes through repeated decisions to delay...
70% of Employee Engagement Driven by Managers, Says CHRO
@sam__riddhi Thanks for the repost, from @HRCurator Engagement is 70% manager-driven: A CHRO on what really sustains workforce trust @PeopleMatters2 https://t.co/78Po143MZB #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Replace Bragging with Generosity and Genuine Connection
Do not brag about how busy your are, instead stay accessible. Do not brag about who you know, instead be a generous connector. Do not brag about how much you know, instead be a mentor and sponsor. Do not brag about how much...
OpenAI’s $200B Losses Need Amazon‑style Discipline
I have been thinking about the news that Sam Altman wants to take OpenAI public by the end of 2026, while the company is still projected to lose more than $200 billion before it turns a profit. A lot of people...
Earn Trust: Deliver Bad News Early with Impact Plan
RT IT leaders earn trust by surfacing bad news early, quantifying impact, and sharing a clear recovery plan - not by softening or delaying the message. #CIO #Leadership @Star_CIO https://t.co/a4Q8PTsrKE
Tiny Remote Team Builds $350M Company Without Funding
At no other time in history was this possible. Obsidian is a $350M company built by 3 engineers, and their operating system is wildly unconventional: • ~1 million users per employee (7 full-time staff total) • Fully remote with only 1 in-person...
Team Culture Drives Effectiveness, Collaboration, and Product Success
“Culture is the embodiment of the organizational DNA in any team or company. Does the culture in ur product team foster work effectiveness, collaborative ethos w/ stakeholders, and favorable product outcomes?” > https://t.co/ShN0z5Fb9w #stakeholdermanagement #productmanagement https://t.co/Yy5DKDNcMS
Kindness in Crisis Reveals True Leadership
“If a leader stays kind, when things get really hard, you’ve found the right leader.”
Your Team Is Your Most Critical Founder Decision
As a founder, your biggest bets are the people you surround yourself with. Here’s why it matters more than any decision you’ll ever make 👇
Hire Missionaries, Not Mercenaries, for Genuine Discovery
At Gong we had a saying: "Hire missionaries. Not mercenaries." Mercenaries sell for the paycheck. Missionaries sell because they believe. The difference shows up in discovery. Missionaries ask better questions because they genuinely care about solving problems. Mercenaries pitch features because they just want to close. Hire...
Define Discount Authority Levels to Keep Pricing Strategic
Founders: Have a clear escalation path for deals: - Rep level: Up to 10% discount - Manager: Up to 20% - VP Sales: Up to 30% - CEO: Beyond that Makes discounting a tool, not a crutch.
Bridging the Management Empathy Gap: HR Essentials
The empathy gap in management: What HR needs to know @HRZone https://t.co/VYaO0bCMSX #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Kindness Is Crucial for Corporate Career Advancement
My friend @omarshahine recently switched roles as the VP of Microsoft Word and shared his farewell message to the team. His key takeaways struck a chord as they are the qualities of the best leaders I’ve worked with. I’ll also be...
Redesign Entry Roles, Pair Talent with AI for Apprenticeship
RT If genAI handles the grunt work, how can leaders develop an apprenticeship model? Leaders must: (1) Redesign Level-1 roles, (2) Pair talent with AI agents, (3) Make learning and reflection explicit, not accidental. #AI #Hiring #CIO #CHRO @Star_CIO https://t.co/W7YbwP6jrL
AI-Driven Simulators Accelerate Leader Development over Promotion
AI is becoming a key tool for leaders, affecting how managers allocate judgment and time. Execution depends on building simulators and digital copies, as competitive pressure rewards those who train leaders faster than they promote them. Source @Gartner_inc via @antgrasso https://t.co/98FPYGSymm
Just Culture Turns Shame Into Safety After Harm
The culture of a hospital is revealed most clearly after a patient is harmed. Not when the case goes well. Not when the metrics look good. After the adverse event. In this episode of The Podcast by KevinMD, Scott Ellner @Surgeryquality describes what too...
Misallocation, Not Time, Limits High Performers
The real constraint isn’t time, it’s misallocation. Many high-performers aren’t underperforming; they’re over-invested in paths that no longer reflect their best thinking. Career momentum can become inertia. You keep executing a strategy long after the assumptions behind it have changed. #Strategy...
CEO Quits, Earns Stanford PhD, Returns to Lead
James Liang, CEO of multi-billion dollar https://t.co/s1pi7Jp8pL stepped down to get a PhD in economics at Stanford and then became CEO again.
His Death Highlights China’s Exhausting, Hypercompetitive Work Culture
“On social media, people asked: Had he steered young Chinese to better lives or discouraged their idealism? What did his abrupt death, after he had…complained of being exhausted and overworked, say about China’s hypercompetitive work culture?” @vwang3 https://t.co/mjVnF2F9SR
Only 10% of CEO-Led Transformations Achieve Success
60% of CEO-led business transformations fail. Our research shows only 10% of companies achieve digital transformation success. Counterintuitive, as new tech should improve processes, but many still fall short. #DigitalTransformation #BusinessStrategy https://t.co/qjO3jfdZ3d
Founders, Shed Excess Roles and Focus on Core Responsibilities
Let’s take some of those hats off, founders, because, as outfits need editing, so do your responsibilities. You don’t need to wear them all.
Your Closest Allies Spot the Potential You Miss
Airbnb CEO: the best people in your life can see potential in you, that you cannot see in yourself https://t.co/f6ILwy0eVI
Steve Jobs Believed Small Teams Achieve Extraordinary Results
Tim Cook on how Steve Jobs believed that small teams could do amazing work. https://t.co/k7bMtFM6hs
Steve Jobs Prioritized Beauty and Creation over Wealth
Larry Ellison on Steve Jobs: Apple became the most valuable company on earth and it wasn’t even one of Steve’s goals. He wasn’t trying to be rich. He wasn’t trying to be famous. He was obsessed with the creative process and...
Let Ideas Lead, Not Hierarchy, to Keep Talent
You have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win. Otherwise good people don’t stay. —Steve Jobs https://t.co/s1p9iS630n
When Trusted Advisor Turns Risk: Seeking Guidance
I am reaching out to the @X community for advice with the likely risk of sharing TMI. I have been sufficiently upset about the whole matter that I have lost sleep thinking about it and I am hoping that this...
CIOs Must Evolve: AI Drives Strategic Leadership
AI is rewriting the rulebook for leadership. 🤖📈 @Gartner_inc reveals how CIOs must evolve as AI transforms the workplace. It’s time to move beyond the hype and use AI for real strategic planning and continuous improvement. Read more here: https://t.co/XDAHd3CquP #GartnerIT #CIO #AI...
Enterprise Sales Succeed when You Map Stakeholder Incentives
Founders: Map stakeholder incentives in big deals: - Who gets promoted if this works? - Who looks bad if it fails? - Who controls the real budget? Politics matter as much as product in enterprise sales.
Leadership Thrives Where Heart Beats Logic’s Math
“The mgt. tools typically used to run teams/orgs. are in the realm of reason, the domain of the logical brain, where 2 + 2 = 4. Yet the #leadership wisdom that gets the best from ppl extends beyond this, to the...
Emotional Ownership Beats Financial Skin for CEOs
What is the more powerful force for a CEO: 💵 financial skin in the game ❤️ an emotional stake in the business Often, when you have an emotional stake, you also have a significant financial stake because you're the founder (but...
Slow Down: Fast Speech Undermines Your Message
Are you speaking too quickly? It can happen unconsciously. Sometimes public speaking can trigger an adrenaline rush. You might feel charged with energy or a bit nervous. If you’re speaking too quickly, you jeopardize the overall success of your message. #careercoaching...
AI's False Confidence Misleads Founders About Real Market Feedback
Founders & boards must heed the risk of AI’s perpetual confidence—it makes everything feel like progress. AI excels at making an idea sound fab, but it can’t simulate the “no” of a customer or the silence of an unimpressed market. — @hava_bar6690...
Drop the Ego, Accelerate Your Progress
Zero shame is the unlock. You can't move fast if you're protecting your image every step of the way.
Simple Norms Beat Fancy Programs for Neurodiversity Inclusion
I spent an hour (!) on a call with a reporter last week talking about the significant delta between employer self-evaluation of their neurodivergence inclusion and employee experience. One of the most consistent things I observe across the companies I’m invited...
Lead by Fulfilling What People Truly Want
To lead people: Figure out what they want out of life. Help them get it. They will follow you anywhere. It's that simple. But almost nobody does it.
Creating Workplaces Where People Thrive Never Gets Old
I missed celebrating my practice’s birthday last month because it was peak season, but I was just reflecting on this week and about how making workplaces people want to do their best work in is just never, ever going to...
Ted Lasso's 10 Simple Rules for Great Leadership
10 @TedLasso leadership lessons: 1 believe in yourself 2 winning is an attitude 3 all people are different people 4 see good in others 5 forgive first 6 stay teachable 7 be curious 8 optimists do more 9 be honest 10 doing right thing is never wrong thing https://t.co/BNiTnZfmpU
Hire for Strengths, Not Flaws, Says Andreessen Horowitz
When it comes to work and business, more people should rely on their strengths, or, to put it more directly, go all in on them and worry less about their flaws. It’s not a hobby, a game of tennis, or a...
Innovators Quit When Ideas Vanish Into Black Hole
#TimTalk – Are your most innovative employees “quiet quitting” because their ideas fall into a black hole? with Rick Tucci https://t.co/SbS53PMwjG via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management #Inspiration