Choose Precise Words to Build Credibility in Presentations
Whether you’re delivering a sales presentation, keynote speech, or report to the board, choose your words carefully to build credibility, sound intelligent, and make your message understood. #frippvt #virtualtraining #presentationskills
Leadership Conflict Costs Organizations Their Success
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When Leaders Can't Agree, the Organization Pays the Price #leadership #decisionmaking #digitaltransformation #AI https://t.co/iRzyd5m5wK via @LinkedIn
Middle Managers: From Stuck to Shaping the Middle
How Middle Managers Can Avoid Becoming the Forgotten Middle (or Turn It Around) https://t.co/bqfJIjROXU Strong middle mngrs don’t sit in the gap btwn strategy & execution. They shift from being “caught in the middle” to “shaping the middle” or becoming...
Fermi America CEO Fired After 81% Stock Plunge
Plot thickens at Rick Perry's @FermiAmerica . Fresh SEC filing reveals former CEO Toby Neugebauer was just fired altogether for cause, removing him from the board -- after stock for this planned colossal AI energy campus plunged in value 81%....
Designing Scalable Companies That Never Lose Their Mission
Prepping for a podcast I’m genuinely excited about with Eric Ries. His new book, Incorruptible, asks a hard question: How do you build a company that doesn’t drift from its mission? So many founders start with purpose… Then growth, pressure, and investors slowly pull...
CX Failures Stem From Culture, Not Data or Tech
Eight Ways CX Professionals Are Asking the Wrong Questions... https://t.co/0gYmqXVEla Every question I’ve raised points to same underlying diagnostic: orgs that struggle w/CX aren’t struggling cuz they lack data, tech, programs. They’re struggling cuz they didn't start w/culture. https://t.co/p5Bnw4r5q4
Snapchat Founder Evan Spiegel Becomes Silicon Valley’s Voice of Reason
My mid 2010s self would never have predicted Evan Spiegel as Silicon Valley's voice of reason (for context, he co-founded Snapchat at 21) https://www.businessinsider.com/snaps-spiegel-coming-backlash-against-ai-2026-4
Leaders Must Map Human Roles Amid AI Service Revolution
Contributor Spotlight: Prag (p. 9) AI is reshaping service work fast—leaders need a plan for where humans stay essential. https://t.co/YrxFqMpTXp #AI #FutureOfWork https://t.co/kTC1G9G5qS
AI Is Erasing the Engineer‑vs‑non‑engineer Divide
no one would design a company today the way companies were designed two years ago. the line between engineers and everyone else was an artifact of who could write code. that line is gone. 70% of our merged PRs are written...
Digital Health Leadership More Diverse Than Expected
Digital health leadership is more diverse than people assume. Women and non-clinical professionals are well represented across senior roles. Self-exclusion is often a bigger barrier than formal criteria. The leadership signals section in Career Navigator 2026 explores this.
Cook’s Apple Legacy: Profit over Workers’ Rights
Tim Cook is stepping back as CEO of Apple. What legacy does he lead and where does the company go next? On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with @brianmerchant to discuss why we can’t ignore the labor exploitation built into...
Disrespectful Attendings Silence Residents, Undermining Patient Safety
Only 9% of residents will challenge an attending about to harm a patient, if that attending has been disrespectful to them before. When the attending is respectful and patient harm is the only variable, around 20% of residents will speak...
Solo Founder Pieter Levels Earns $3M, Outsmarts Larger Teams
Pieter Levels makes $3M a year as a solo founder. Here's how he is beating teams 10x his size👇
Pressure‑Free Pitch: Set Expectations, Embrace ‘No’, Guide Next Steps
Founders: The agenda script that removes pressure: 'I'll ask questions about how you handle [X]. If there's fit, I'll show you a quick overview. Then we can discuss next steps - or part as friends. Sound good?' Sets expectations. Makes 'no' acceptable. Frames toward...
Prioritize Your Own Alignment Before Advising Others
Took on too many engagements last quarter. Said yes when I should've said 'not yet.' My calendar punished me. My sleep noticed. My work suffered. Rebuilding my own structural alignment this month before I help anyone else with theirs. Practitioners need their...
Three Options When Facing a Disengaged Leader
RT @JoeContrera Organizations and institutions are filled with leaders who are disengaged, ineffective, and have been for months even years. So what are the choices you have when you realize you have a disengaged leader in your midst? These 3: https://t.co/XU5uV43Zfh https://t.co/LQLD7u8YiV
Listener‑Led Communication Unlocks Trust and Insight
Most conversations are speaker-led—who talks, who leads, who decides 💬 But what if the real power is with the listener? Haru Yamada explains how listener-led communication builds trust and deeper understanding. 🎧 Listen and rethink how you communicate: https://bit.ly/harulisten
Leadership: Decide, Then Inspire Others to Act
General Eisenhower said, “Leadership is the ability to decide what has to be done and then to get people to want to do it.” When I talk on leadership, I might start with that quote. #keynotespeaker #leadershipmatters #publicspeakingskills
AI‑in‑the‑loop Coaching Sharpens Critical Thinking on AI Advice
There's a coaching method I’ve recently been using with founders & senior leaders that I think gets at the most important AI-age skill in real time. I call it AI-in-the-loop coaching, here’s how it works: - we discuss a problem...
Build Only What Moves the Needle and Helps Others
everytime I come up with a new idea for the company, I ask myself if it would help me move the needle and if yes, I ask myself if it will help other people, and if yes, we build it....
Future CIOs/CTOs Practice P&L Ownership Before Title
RT Future CIOs and CTOs practice the role before they get the title: owning P&L, influencing peers, and leading cross-functional change. #Leadership #CIO @Star_CIO https://t.co/XJxhEl8zHL
Founders Crave Independence, yet Struggle with Building Culture
Founders start their own organizations in part because they’re proactively searching can’t abide being a “good team member” in someone else’s. And then you wonder why they’re usually terrible at team building and culture. Both VC-funded and bootstrapped.
CIO‑CISO Misalignment Leaves Enterprise Risk Owner Undefined
The CIO CISO alignment issue is still one of the biggest gaps I hear about in my daily conversations with technology leaders. Who actually owns enterprise risk? And how are you managing alignment across your organization? Check out the latest...
Entitlement Label Flips: Older Generations Hold the Bias
When a young person asks for a raise before doing the work, older generations call it entitlement. But what if they're not the problem… we are? Dr. Eliza Filby (@dr_eliza_filby) is a contemporary historian and generations expert who has spent her...
First‑time Managers Need Leadership Training, Not Just Management
Really enjoyed my chat with @JDevHR about what frontline managers need to succeed. We talked about why management and leadership are not the same thing and how orgs can better prepare first-time managers for success. Thanks to @UKGInc for having me. https://t.co/awnliqv4v2
Zelnick Discusses GTA 6 Risks, Zynga Revival, Original IP Focus
Take-Two Interactive’s Strauss Zelnick on ‘GTA 6’ Jitters, Zynga’s Turnaround and Investing in Original Properties https://t.co/9iZLqWGPnM
Align Model, Cost, and Promise—Don’t Copy Blindly
Same industry. Completely different economics. And that is exactly why this image matters. At first glance, it looks like a staffing comparison. It is not. It is a strategy comparison. Emirates is built around premium service, widebody operations, and a high-touch customer experience. Ryanair is built...
Demanding CEO Attitude Exposes Corporate Manipulation
We only hire people with a CEO attitude. An HR recruiter just went viral for hanging up on a candidate. The candidate simply asked for WFH on Saturdays. The company strictly enforces a rigid 6-day workweek. HR rejected her, demanding she show a CEO-level...
Ron Conway Shows Generosity Is Silicon Valley’s Winning Strategy
When future historians write about Silicon Valley, they’ll have an entire chapter dedicated to the Ron Conway way: how he turned generosity, warmth, and showing up for founders into a winning strategy.
Empathy Fuels Trust, Respect, and Business Success
Do not leave empathy out of your career and how you work with others. People do business with people that they trust, respect and like.
Timeless Life and Career Wisdom From Management Guru
Life and career advice from one of the top management thinkers of all time https://t.co/nSNrX4EFbc
Toxic Leaders Silence Critique, Not Culture
Toxic leaders don’t create bad cultures. They create cultures where everyone is too afraid to say there’s a bad leader.
Org Design: Strategy Execution, Not an HR Issue
Org design isn't an HR exercise. It's a strategy execution exercise that HR happens to facilitate. When ops, legal, and people teams disagree on the org chart, you don't have a people problem. You have a strategy problem your structure can't carry.
Success Starts With Knowing Your Audience, Purpose, Message
A rule that will 10x your success: know exactly who you are building for, what you stand for, and how to say it Every founder I admire started in the same place. With nothing. They just figured out their foundation first
Embedding Core Values Drives Culture, Customers, Market Success
Culture Transformation: The Importance of Socializing Core Values - CX Journey™ https://t.co/Hc19QAgqWl Socializing the values is crucial for a variety of reasons, as it directly impacts your culture, your customer relationships, and your overall market presence. https://t.co/blhtghPuU2
Uniform AI Strategies Erase Competitive Edge, Humans Needed
"If every CEO uses the same LLM models to generate strategy and determine product roadmap, no one has alpha. Yes, get context and have AI do all the low leverage things. But for high leverage decisions, I want as much...
Build Scalable Career Paths with Six Advisor Domains
Associate advisors with several years in the role often find themselves in a professional limbo: ready to take on more responsibility, but without a clear pathway to do so, which can lead to dissatisfaction and, ultimately, attrition. In this article,...
When Success Feels Stagnant, Lifestyle May Be Enough
My SaaS revenue and sign ups are flat I'm plateau-d at $1,000,000 a year A great achievement but a challenging spot to be in According to @robwalling only 5% of bootstrapped startups escape these types of revenue plateau The more complicated issue is that...
Jam City Leadership Change: Simon Sim Departs, Josh's Future Uncertain
This is the end of an era for Jam City. We’ll see what’s next for Josh. Congrats to Simon Sim. https://t.co/ko28JcFjM6
Honesty and Ownership: Our Only Guarantee at AppSumo
A note from me to the AppSumo Team this week. Hey everyone, Thank you for the Q1 feedback. I read every response. It wasn't all roses but it's the honesty I love to see. I'm going to give you the same honesty...
Turn Failure Into Data: Fix What You Control
Most people treat failure like a stop sign. Something went wrong - pull back, reassess, wait for conditions to improve. High agency people treat it differently. Not as a sign to stop. As data on what to fix next. Difference between founders who stall...
Aspiring CIOs Must Explain IT Initiatives' Business Value
RT How are IT's key initiatives delivering business value? > A question every aspiring CIO should be prepared to answer #CIO @Star_CIO https://t.co/NWuOLnCtg4
Warsh's Chairmanship Sparks Growing Internal Opposition to Cuts
Internal opposition against cuts is clearly building as Warsh prepares to take over as chair. At his confirmation hearing, he said he wanted "messier" meetings, which it looks like he will get.
Aim to Replace Yourself, Not Fear It
Replacing yourself SHOULD be the goal. Not the threat. Message I sent to the entire AppSumo team this week:
Nvidia Pushes Engineers to Spend Half Salary on Tokens
Nvidia execs making sure their teams hit Jensen’s number with a buffer: “If that $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 worth of tokens, I am going to be deeply alarmed," https://t.co/gTmlD2u4n3
Altman Broke Oath, Revealed as Serial Liar
👇 I was there for this, sitting right next to Altman. Realizing a few months later he lied about it (by omission) was what turned me against him. We had sworn to tell the whole truth and nothing but...
Learn, Apply, Teach: The Cycle Driving Real Change
See One. Do One. Teach One. A Simple Model for Transformation Success https://t.co/6Ql7ysTBHC The most powerful shifts don’t happen because of a single program or a top-down mandate. They happen when people observe, practice, and pass on new ways of...
Don't Force Great Talent to Tolerate Organizational Nonsense
great people have very low tolerance for bullshit. the mistake is to try to beat that out of them in service of orginizational comfort.
Stories Turn Data Into Actionable Leadership
Calero CRO Eric Martorano Knows Stories Can Be Our Most Powerful Tool https://t.co/BLWGjwXi3O He argues that data informs but stories drive action—making narrative clarity a core leadership skill for alignment, resilience and execution. https://t.co/lReFAgX0Qv
CEOs Admit Overly Romantic View of Job Security
CEOs say the darndest things: "We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security.” -Maria Sayans of Ustwo Games https://t.co/DGFdeQRxVW (h/t @MaxKnoblauch)