Elon Rebuilds xAI with Top Talent After Mass Exodus
xAI went from losing most of its founding members and other top technical staff to Elon recruiting the product leads from Cursor and other top talent. this should be interesting...
Founder-Led Firms Thrive on Continual Role Requalification
Founder-led companies are built differently. There’s a level of care that shows up in the details. In the long-term thinking. In the refusal to treat the job as permanent. At @shopify, we requalify for our roles every year. That level of care...
Engagement Scores Don't Equal Organizational Health
A dangerous leadership mistake: Confusing engagement with organizational health. Issue #10: Shallow Roots: Why Engagement Scores Can Mislead Leaders https://t.co/GCviJSOGGN #employeeexperience #employeeengagement #culture #leadership https://t.co/oe6SOhV3gq
CEOs Prioritize Employee Engagement and Retention
CEOs Say Employee Engagement and Retention Are Top Priorities - CX Journey™ https://t.co/08fWpgm6Hm #CEO #leadership #employeeexperience #employeeengagement https://t.co/ZKidQJlCBE
Avoid Impulsive, Overconfident, Glory‑Seeking Decision Makers
Impulsive, overconfident, not thinking things through, being vulnerable to manipulation, and an overarching thirst for personal glory are terrible attributes in a decision maker.
True Leadership Means Growing People, Not Chasing Numbers
We become a leader the day we decide to help people grow, not numbers. Video from Chick-fil-A Next 2025, in conversation with Chief Legal Officer Lynette Smith
One Overachiever Can Undermine Team Productivity
This one is for all the owners, leaders, ceos, founders and managers … how one productive person can destroy all the productivity and many look the other way will always surprise me .. I “get it” cause often it’s not...
Free Practical Product Webinars Featuring Top Industry Leaders
7 new webinar recordings on YouTube. All free, all practical. 4x Awesome Guest Speakers: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 Petra Wille (author, Strong Product People) The jump from IC to leader changes everything. What stays the same, what doesn't,...
Effort, Not Talent, Determines Leadership Success
“Effort is a choice” is uncomfortable because it strips away our favorite shield: circumstance. Most leaders don’t lose to lack of intelligence or access. They lose in the quiet margins—emails not returned, conversations not prepared for, decisions deferred. Strategy gets...
Master Upward Management: Tips for Middle Managers
#TimTalk - How should a middle manager manage upward? with Gary Cookson https://t.co/EHLT2Lyxs5 via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management #HumanResources #HR https://t.co/LeIEnpKLPB
True Value Lies Beyond Credentials, Embrace Vulnerable Differentiation
Answering questions for a profile piece being done on me for Women's History Month. Pleased to have the opportunity to be reflective about the value I bring to the table beyond credentials. Credentials are safe; they exist outside us. But to demonstrate...
Leaders Boost AI Adoption by Engaging Teams in Use‑Case Design
Leaders can drive AI adoption by involving teams in defining use cases. Task groups with identifying challenges and brainstorming AI solutions for their specific organizational pain points. #AIStrategy #Leadership #Innovation https://t.co/CTf0pDNecw
Use AI to Redesign Your Org, Not Just Emails
Most leaders are asking: “How can AI speed up my email?” The better question: “How should AI reshape my entire org chart?” Task-level thinking produces incremental improvements. Structural thinking produces transformational ones. We do the structural thinking inside the AI Business Lab® Mastermind....
Greatness Stems From Character, Not Intelligence, Through Suffering
Nvidia CEO: Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character. Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered. https://t.co/xQN5o0hmbn
Stagnant Trust Fuels Workplace Conflict; Shared Culture Needed
Trust has stagnated in developed countries: People have lost trust in institutions and are becoming more insular. This is linked to increased conflict at work and lost productivity. The most popular solution is to facilate trust by having leaders and employers...
Poor Leadership Stalls Team Effectiveness and Success
“Many managers are poor at the paramount #leadership tasks—like instilling effectiveness in their teams, inspiring & energizing staff, holding people to account, dealing with stakeholder antics, etc. They impede their team/org. success.” 🔗 https://t.co/ysdPb3UXGz #management https://t.co/BehrKWxUii
Bezos Reveals Washington Post Layoffs Over Lavish Lunch
Bezos discussed the dramatic layoffs and change of direction at The Washington Post over a lunch of pecan-crusted halibut, sliced steak medium-rare, patatas bravas and sautéed vegetables. https://t.co/A4ZCdTp23E via @NYTimes
Hard Conversations Are the True Test of Leadership
One of the greatest tests of leadership is having the hard conversation. Most leaders know it matters—but many avoid it, delay it, or handle it poorly because conflict feels uncomfortable.
Focus on Product and Users; Cut All Distractions
Most founders fail for one reason: lack of focus. The best ones obsess over product and users while others chase coffee with investors, conferences, PR, partnerships, and social media debates. If it does not improve your product or help you...
Evaluate Fully Before Deciding to Avoid Regret
Decisions made with incomplete info often lead to regret with hindsight. Go into evaluations with your eyes wide open to make better choices. #DecisionMaking #BusinessStrategy https://t.co/rHhTCF1uxJ
Delivery Beats Content: Engage Emotions, Not Just Words
Having something to say isn’t enough. It’s not what you say but how you say it. Make your message come alive by engaging your audience emotionally. #PublicSpeakingTips #EngagingAudiences #ProfessionalSkills #frippvt
Let Employees and Customers Define Your People‑Centricity
The question isn’t, “Are we people-centric?” but “Would our employees and customers say we are?” Learn why that matters: People-Centric or Profit-Centric: Reframing the Question in 2026 https://t.co/ofrGuZyasl #peoplecentric #profit #customerexperience #employeeexperience https://t.co/lquM4MeqSj
Redefining Solar Leadership Standards Beyond 10X Growth
Beyond 10X: Rethinking Leadership Standards in the Solar+ Sector #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/31jUrghyFv
Live Your Values at Work, Not Just Define Them
The work isn’t crafting values; it’s living them. Values show up in calendars, promotions, and confrontations.
Recognizing Projected Helplessness in Leaders and Teams
Projected Helplessness: How It Presents in Leaders, Teams, and Organisational Systems @ABPsychologists https://t.co/0XrksxEgYC #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
AI Lets Leaders Anticipate Future, Not Just Trust Intuition
Gretzky’s insight about skating to where the puck is going is not just a metaphor for leadership intuition-it is increasingly a description of how AI-enabled organizations operate. The difference today is that leaders no longer rely on intuition alone. https://t.co/d5hehUmOVS
Scaling People Beats Scaling Tech—Hire First
As difficult as it is to scale infrastructure… …the hardest thing is to scale people. Yet technical founders spend most of their time on tech, because it’s interesting. Exactly wrong. That’s what you’re good at hiring for. Go solve the more important, harder problem.
AI‑Driven Bossware Undermines Productivity, Needs Downtime
In the @nytimes, @loracorkelley reports on the rise of “bossware,” technology managers use to monitor employees. The phenomenon has been around for years but is now being super-charged by AI. It can take many forms, including monitoring keyboard strokes and even pauses. As...
Own the Business: Report Bad News Immediately
“We only give a couple of instructions to people when they go to work for us. One of them is to think like an owner. And the second one is to just tell us the bad news immediately.” – Warren...
Effective Delegation Boosts CEO Revenue by 33%
CEOs who delegate well generate 33% more revenue than those who don’t. Step 3 of calendar triage: hand off what doesn’t require you. https://t.co/NSN09jpDaQ
Radical Humility Risks Decision Paralysis, Not Collaboration
#TimTalk - Isn’t ‘Radical Humility’ just a recipe for decision-paralysis and death-by-committee? with Urs Koenig https://t.co/r1yVtyC6wr via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management #Inspiration
Delegation Transfers Authority, Not Just Tasks, Through Shared Understanding
Effective delegation is not a transfer of tasks. It is a transfer of decision-making authority guided by shared understanding.
Invisible Learned Helplessness Stifles Teams; Leaders Must Reset Beliefs
One of the most dangerous barriers in organizations is invisible. Psychologists call it learned helplessness. After repeated setbacks, people stop trying, even when the constraint is gone. Not because they can’t act, but because experience has convinced them it won’t work. You see it...
Culture Issues Are Really Unnamed Psychological Problems
Unpopular opinion: your culture problem is not a culture problem. It is a psychology problem nobody has been trained to name. Unspoken power dynamics. Misaligned incentives. Leaders whose self-concept cannot tolerate feedback. Culture is just psychology at scale. Treat it that way.
Setbacks Are Lessons: Nvidia CEO Champions Grit
Nvidia CEO on how setbacks must be viewed as opportunities to learn and grow (A masterclass on the importance of grit, persistence, long-term thinking and doing) https://t.co/MokMDrhW97
Mentor a Junior Engineer to Build Leadership Skills
RT Not ready to manage people? Start by mentoring one junior engineer in 2026. Teaching security, reliability, and stakeholder skills is a low-risk way to practice leadership and grow your own influence. #DevOps #AI @Star_CIO https://t.co/4zYT9dEmxc
Prioritize Immediate Impact Over Shiny New Features
Just because something is useful doesn’t mean it’s useful right now. One of the most important parts of my job as both a fractional CMO and the CEO of BRDGE Insights is keeping the team focused on what actually moves the...
Weekly Newsletter Offers Founder Insights on Growth, Hiring, Marketing, Exits
I haven't published new essays in almost 15 years. But I started writing again, and am now sending out a weekly email with new thoughts on topics like: - The 6 stages of SaaS growth, and how to know which you're...
There’s No Perfect Moment—Just the Decision to Act
Most people are waiting for the perfect moment. The right market. The right team. The right time. There is no perfect moment. There’s just the decision to go. Every company I’ve built started with one thing, the choice to try. Everything else figured...
Entrepreneurial Pride Must Be Earned, Not Given
I didn't start @ZoomInfo because I had some big entrepreneurial dream. I started it despite being EMBARRASSED that I'd have to tell people I ran my own small business. After college, when I decided to go to Law School, my close...
From Bottleneck to 50% Revenue Surge with Peer Mastermind
Shawn Lemon was doing everything in his business. Every task. Every decision. Every fire drill. He was the bottleneck and he knew it. The AI Business Lab® Mastermind didn’t just hand him tools—it put him in a room with peers who...
Empower, Don’t Cut: Boost Productivity 5‑10x with Tools
If you can increase the output of every employee by 5-10x, you can compete way more fiercely than you could before. And you have to assume your direct competitors are about to see that same transition. So is the right...
Repetition and Reinforcement Unlock Coaching ROI
Fripp’s Tips: The best way to maximize your investment in training and coaching is repetition and reinforcement. #coachingskills #executivecoach #frippvt
Managers Miss Motivation, Undermining Team Performance
“Human motivation is one of the key drivers of individual performance in any team/org. But mgrs. are often too ‘busy,’ stressed, self-absorbed, or poorly trained to notice how well or badly they are feeding and applying this critical force.” https://t.co/EjLbfemsSW #leadership https://t.co/GZeCXl780A
AI Is Turning Workers Into Its Operators, Not Collaborators
We thought AI would help humans work better. Instead, we may be building systems where humans work for AI. Not metaphorically. Operationally. That’s the shift executives should be paying attention to.
AI Replaces Infrastructure with Alignment and Judgment
AI is shifting power from infrastructure to alignment. Scale no longer requires layers of management or massive teams; it requires clarity, taste, and strong judgement. Leadership is about directing systems while staying close to the creative core. This shift unlocks a...
Massive Ownership Drives Results, Not Talent
9:05 AM all team meeting this morning. Reminding my staff that if you want massive results, you need massive ownership. Every target missed is feedback. Every mistake is a lesson. Every win is proof that discipline works. The strongest teams aren’t...
Hire Motivation, Inspire Growth—Not Just Skill.
Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them. Great companies hire motivated people and inspire them.
Rank‑and‑Yank Rewards Individuals, Undermines Team Success
Although leaders are concerned with collective success, most organizations — from sports teams to universities to global companies — still focus on rewarding individual performance. General Electric CEO Jack Welch concocted the legendary “Rank and Yank” system to motivate employeers....
Leadership Growth Requires Dedicated Development, Not Just Tasks
Getting the title is the easy part. The real challenge of leadership is growing into it. Most leaders spend their days solving problems, running meetings, and supporting their teams—with very little space to pause and actually work on becoming better...