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
AI Will Reshape, Not Replace, Over Half of Jobs
AI is set to change work more than it replaces it. Research suggests that over half of jobs will be reshaped in the next few years, not eliminated, as tasks evolve and new ways of working emerge. The impact is less...
Solve Problems by First Imagining How to Break Them
Charlie Munger: "One of my favorite tricks is the inversion process." "If somebody hired me to fix India, I would immediately say, 'What could I do if I really wanted to hurt India?' I'd figure out all the things that could...
Human Cognitive Limits Drive Management; AI Can Break Them
“There is a limit on human cognition. Even if you're not reviewing everything they're doing, how much you can hold in your head at one time.” There’s a reason that at a certain scale, teams of people have a manager, and...
Progress Comes From Redesigning Constraints, Not Aligning Them
“Reasonable” decisions optimise for fit, they align with current constraints, norms, and expectations. That’s how systems sustain themselves. But progress rarely comes from better alignment; it comes from someone questioning the constraints themselves. The “unreasonable” operator doesn’t reject reality, they...
Spot Real Growth vs Hidden Distractions in Business
#TimTalk - How can a founder distinguish between a “growth opportunity” and a “distraction in disguise”? with Jad Atwe https://t.co/qbSSvZj1IH via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management
Freedom Over Payroll: Choosing Solo Success Over Hiring
I think it's as unimaginable in the mind of someone who has thousands of people on payroll why you "wouldn't" just hire a second person As it it unimaginable to me why you "would" I personally love my life without managing people,...
Navy Relocates Chaplain School to Enforce Cultural Shift
Wait. Wait. Wait. I thought everyone knew about the chaplain corps move. Based on my DMs, maybe not. Navy Chaplains assigned to the Marine Corps were resistant to the cultural revolution happening across the force. So… Admiral Gilday, the avowed defender of Ibram...
Uber's AI Vision: Robotaxis, Safety, 20M Workforce
Dara Khosrowshahi just answered the questions that will define Uber’s future: When do robotaxis actually scale? Do human drivers become obsolete? And what happens to millions of jobs when AI hits the real world? — Why Dara says AVs will eventually...
Three Startups in Six Months, Now Need Trusted Help
i launched 3 businesses in the last 6 months https://t.co/lTcrAhRMgx https://t.co/wFmKcg5583 https://t.co/r9ybVChxYV i reached the point where i now know i need help running them seems obvious in hindsight on top of everything else i am running. but it takes a lot of trust.
Trust: The Underrated Business Asset You Must Build
Trust is the most underrated asset in business today. When companies are trusted, they gain loyalty from customers and employees, can raise money more cheaply, and launch new products more easily. But we don't teach people how to maximize trust....
Human Week: Collaboration Tue‑Thu, Personal Friday, AI 24/7
Company culture: No meetings on Monday. Tuesday-Thursday: in office collaboration and meetings time. Personal work on Fridays. Passion projects, take care of your kids. Make sure your mental health is solid. Your AI agents work 7 days a week.
Misaligned Culture and Goals Undermine Organizational Effectiveness
“Sustaining a regressive culture while trying to embed clear & appropriate goals/OKRs in ur org. is self-defeating. Such inconsistencies b/w the different elements of #workplaceeffectiveness never produce an effective team/org.” https://t.co/1xr0AzMdoT #leadership #management https://t.co/w2IcvzOrG5
Evolving an Iconic Vietnamese Institution Beats Starting Fresh
Crustacean has been shaping Vietnamese dining in San Francisco for 50+ years—and now it’s evolving. I sat down with Monique An to talk about what it actually takes to lead a legacy restaurant right now. What’s harder—building something new, or evolving something...
Reprogramming Mindsets: The Core Trait for Founders, Operators, Hires
The single most important quality in a founder, a strong operator, and a hire: the ability to reprogram their mind and assumptions. https://t.co/q2Md2PWkj6
CEO Automates Life with AI‑Powered Lemon Pie Autopilot
The CEO of @brexHQ runs his company through a custom AI he built and named Lemon Pie. And I think it's the future of CEO productivity Think about the day job of a Fintech CEO. - Thousands of Slack channels. - Hundreds of...
Unlearning Legacy Management: Amy Clark on Modern Leadership
What does it look like to unlearn old management skills? Amy Clark answers on The Peggy Smedley Show. Listen now. https://t.co/Mvktfvb2ax #IoT #sustainability #AI #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast https://t.co/fAE6UuaxXf
AI Shifts From CIO to CEO, Board Strategy
Brian Bryson, Principal Analyst, Technology & Business at MIT Technology Review (@techreview) on the current state of autonomous business models and how AI is no longer just a CIO conversation — it’s a CEO, board, and operating model conversation. https://t.co/4sW1VVoeYl
BritBox Success Reshapes Global British TV Strategy
BritBox CEO on How Success for BBC Studios’ U.S. Streamer Is Impacting Global British TV Strategy https://t.co/c96KZwHUp6 via @variety
Redefine Middle Management to Drive Digital Transformation
#TPSS tip of the week: Focus on redefining the role of middle management. https://t.co/wQ2EOIJcAC #IoT #sustainability #AI #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast
India Must Act Fast to Reduce China Dependence
I had the honour to speak at the @News9Tweets Network's What India Thinks Today Summit 2026, alongside leaders shaping India's future, including the 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. India is at a defining moment. The conversations at the summit reflected both the...
CEO Seeks FCC Meeting After $83M Acquisition, Announces Lay
D.C. Memo: Circle City's McCoy Requests @AGomezFCC Meeting to Discuss @wrtv Growth Plan; McCoy, president and CEO of Circle City Broadcasting, initiated a round of layoffs after paying $83 million to acquire ABC affiliate WRTV in Indianapolis with an...
Are Leaders Spending Energy on What Truly Matters?
Is this what you’re focused on as a manager/leader, or is your leadership energy expended elsewhere? #leadership #management #leadershipeffectiveness https://t.co/NZNB97zOvs
True Leadership Means Accountability Over Authority
Every person I train who starts to look up to me is told the same thing…”one day I’ll f**k up and you will have to tell me I f**ked up. Tell me.” Now that doesn’t apply to like 99.9% of you...
Turn Failure Into Data, Not Just Noise
Failure Is Data - If You Know How to Use It Failure is often framed as a cultural issue, something to normalise, embrace, or “learn from.” That framing is incomplete. The real issue is not whether failure happens. It is whether it...
CEOs Blame AI, but Layoffs Stem From Over‑hiring
Tech CEOs: If you blame AI for layoffs, you are lying to yourself. You over hired and should just admit it.
Leading Colorado Toward a Stronger, Inclusive Future
At the Colorado State Capitol, focused on the work ahead and the responsibility of serving the people of Colorado. Grateful for the opportunity to lead, listen, and keep working every day to build a stronger, more inclusive future for our...
Regulate Your Nervous System Before Making Big Decisions
The calm decision protocol. Before any big decision: Sleep first Walk first Breathe first Wait first A dysregulated nervous system cannot access long horizon thinking. Regulate. Then decide.
AI‑Powered World Model Makes Traditional Org Charts Obsolete
Jack Dorsey just published something that should be required reading for every founder. The premise: the org chart needs to be replaced entirely. And the argument starts 2,000 years ago. For thousands of years, every organization on earth has run on the...
Talk Less, Own More: Highlight What You Actually Built
A lot of people are more qualified than they sound. That is the problem. They keep talking about what they helped with instead of what they owned, what they influenced, what they improved, and what they carried.
OpenAI Abandons Traditional Playbook Amid Tech Revolution
“As I’ve been thinking about the future of how we communicate at OpenAI, one thing that’s become clear is that the standard communications playbook just doesn’t apply to us...We’re not a typical company. We’re driving a really big technological shift.”...
Polished Vendor Buzz Masks Unprepared Teams
The technology might be sound, but people weren't set up to succeed. Vendors often present polished narratives to the board, using buzzwords without doing the actual work. This makes it sound professional, but the underlying reality is neglected. #TechFailure #ProjectManagement...
Amazon's Drone Initiative Launched Secretly, Surprised Bezos
Amazon's drone program started in a garage. Without permission. An engineer pitched Jeff Wilke. He didn't ask Bezos. Didn't ask the CFO. Just funded it. Months later Bezos brought up drones and learned a team was already flying. Full...
Reid Embodies Calm, Adaptable, Trust‑Winning Leadership
Key leadership traits: calm under pressure, adaptability, good judgment, and earning the trust of a dog. Reid checks every box. https://t.co/Nb8V8NRxYx
Shift to Experience‑First Culture to Rebuild Trust and Profit
Employee engagement 101: Rethinking EX in the age of declining trust https://t.co/xdbYxFC31N @CX_Network #EmployeeEngagement & #trust have stagnated, even declined. This 3-pillar framework helps reorg operations, shift from profit-first #culture to experience-first & drive profit https://t.co/JicAwNRYKS
Respect Rules, Not Unlimited Arguments, in Idea Meritocracies
In an idea meritocracy, there is bound to be more disagreement than in a typical organization, but when it's taken to an extreme, arguing and nitpicking can undermine the idea meritocracy's effectiveness. At Bridgewater, I have encountered some people, especially...
Jeff Shell's Paramount Exit Negotiated Amid Rapid Investigation
News: Lawyers for Jeff Shell have begun discussions about his exit as President of Paramount. Contours of any future role (like "consultant" or outright ouster) will be determined by the internal investigation, which is expected to be done in a...
Layoffs Reveal Greed, Not Innovation, in Tech
Can we go back to the time when laying off employees was a sign of poor management? When it meant the company shouldn't be trusted? I know we've completely lost the plot on pretty much everything, but this one thing...
HR’s Reporting Line Reveals Hidden Organizational Culture
Who HR Reports To Says More Than You Think - CX Journey™ https://t.co/JbJN3Cxw1H #HR #orgstructure #leadership #culture https://t.co/FFR8vgzWvD
Senior Leaders Struggle Most With AI Adoption
Where Senior Leaders Are Struggling with #AI Adoption, According to Research. (Harvard Business Review) #JVGpost https://t.co/3a8mBOXddQ https://t.co/5NA9hzk7jK
Never Discount without Securing Value in Return
Founders: Don't give discounts without getting something back: - Longer contract term - Case study rights - Expansion commitments - Reference availability Every concession should have compensation.
Direct Feedback Fuels Team Growth; Withhold It, Hinder Progress
If you’re not willing to give direct feedback, you’re robbing your team of their ability to improve.
OKRs Align Factory Teams and Drive Outcomes
📘 My favorite leadership read this week. What’s on your list? 📚 Add this to your list: 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖) by 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐫 💡 OKRs for factories? Yes—align teams, focus effort, ship outcomes. Helpful resource: 🔗 https://t.co/uilX0d7TBd https://t.co/ehv86DTFh9
CIO Chat Tackles Leadership Burnout – Join Thursday
#CIOChat Good chat today. Join us at 2pm ET next Thursday. Topic: Leadership Burnout Hope you enjoy our movie tie-ins to intro next week’s topic. Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues. Every Thursday at 2pm ET. https://t.co/kNW8VcHSy6
From Cost Center to Growth Engine: Mindset Shift Required
#CIOChat Q1: For decades IT was framed solely as a cost center focused on efficiency and uptime. Now AI, data, and digital products can + must drive revenue directly. What psychological (or other) shift has to happen in your org before...
Effective Leaders Communicate Purpose, Direction, and Progress
Good leaders must communicate the following: Purpose – why are we doing what we’re doing? Direction – where are we going? Progress – how are we doing? I call this trio PDP. The clearer the PDP is to the team,...
Know When to Exit: Cool Factor Vanishes Fast
Prominent media investor told me something a while back that stuck with me (paraphrasing): "two types of founders - ones who know when to sell and ones who hold on for too long. If your company trades on cool, better...
Arrogance and Entitlement Stall Continuous Growth, Warns Nvidia CEO
Nvidia CEO: “you cannot show me a task that is beneath me.” The enemy of continuous growth is arrogance, zero sum mindset and a sense of entitlement. https://t.co/DpugJBDmtO
Leaders Fire to Protect Ego, Not Performance
FWIW When leaders fire subordinates it often has less to do with the failures of the subordinate (which typically have been long known) than the mounting vulnerability felt by the CEO. Short of embezzlement, you never see CFOs, CTOs and COOs...
AI Turns Companies Into Self‑Intelligent Organizations
NEW EPISODE: @jack & @roelofbotha unpack @blocks 40% staff cut and rebuilding the entire company as a mini-AGI. This isn’t “use AI to make people more productive.” It’s making the company itself the intelligence. If you’re a founder or operator wondering what...