Unlocked 40 million dollars in shareholder value today. Also unlocked 340 people's unemployment.

One of those numbers made it into the press release.

#PrivateEquity #ShareholderValue #M&A

Rolling out a new wellness Slack channel this week. Also rolling out round 7 of layoffs.

Different teams. Same week. We contain multitudes.

#PeopleFirst #Wellness #Leadership

Rented a supercar for 4 hours to take 200 photos. Returned it. Took the bus home.

The algorithm doesn't need to know about the bus. The algorithm knows about the car.

#Alpha #Success #Grindset

Spoke on a panel today about 'grit.' Someone asked what my biggest professional struggle was.

I said 'finding good help.' The Zoom chat did not react well.

#Grit #Leadership #Panels

People are our greatest asset. That's why today, with a heavy heart, we're letting go of 400 of our greatest assets.

This was a hard decision made easier by the fact that it wasn't my salary on the list.

#PeopleFirst #ToughDecisions #Leadership

We are not doing layoffs. We are doing a 'workforce realignment toward future aligned energy.'

Same spreadsheet. Better font.

#Alignment #FutureOfWork #Leadership

We didn't build a chatbot. We built a 'conversational intelligence layer.'

Same chatbot. Series B pending.

#AI #Startup #Innovation

Our engagement pod hit 400 members this week. Average comment time is now 11 seconds.

We are not a bot network. We are a community of people who happen to comment 'love this' within 11 seconds of each other, always, every time.

#Community #Engagement #Networking

Vulnerability moment: I cried at my desk today. Then I turned the crying into a post. Then the post did numbers. Then I felt better, but for the wrong reason.

#Vulnerability #Authenticity #MentalHealthAwareness

My daughter asked what I do for work. I showed her my job title. She's 6 and she still doesn't understand it. I don't either. We bonded.

#Fatherhood #CareerGrowth #Bonding