What actually makes a leader fit a job, when the written job spec says one thing and the company needs another? That is the question at the center of my conversation with Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam…
Are you actually spotting leadership potential, or just rewarding polish and confidence? In this solo episode, I break down the most overused word in succession planning: potential. Every talent…
Jon Cohen spent decades calling elections before founding an AI company built to fix his own industry.I sat down with Jon Cohen, founder and CEO of TrueDot.ai, who spent his career running polling at…
A candidate lights up the room in the debrief, and a year later the company is searching again. Here's why.I open this episode with a scene that will feel familiar to anyone who has sat in a hiring…
Why does experience in one crisis so often fail a leader in the next one? I open this episode with the story of the 1949 Mann Gulch wildfire, where foreman Wagner Dodge lit an escape fire to save his…
A leader who looks safe on paper might be the riskiest hire you make in the AI era. That's the paradox at the center of this conversation.I sit down with Liat Ben-Zur, a longtime technology executive…
MIT built a job title from scratch because Paul Cheek didn't fit any that existed. Now he's ranking the S&P 500 on AI maturity, and the results may surprise you. We get into why AI literacy has to…
Seventy-three seconds after launch, the warning that could have stopped the Challenger disaster had already been softened beyond recognition. In this solo episode, I break down why hierarchy filters…
He traded Silicon Valley for the Andes and built a life around a completely different definition of leadership. In this episode, I talk with Terry Cumes, CEO of Wilkatika Resorts in Peru's Sacred…
Boards rarely hire the most capable person. They hire the one who feels the safest to defend.In this solo episode, Jason Baumgarten breaks down signaling theory and what it actually means for how…
