Hacker News with Generative AI: Leadership

Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down (theverge.com)
Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down and will be replaced by former Activision Blizzard and King exec Humam Sakhnini, according to a press release.
Business, Leadership, Technology, Social Media
16 points by OuterVale 4 hours ago | 1 comments
Intel says employees must return to the office 4 days a week (oregonlive.com)
New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan told workers Thursday that they must be on site four days a week beginning Sept. 1, a step toward improving collaboration as he looks to remake the chipmaker.
Remote Work, Corporate Culture, Technology, Leadership
9 points by speckx 16 hours ago | 0 comments
Lip-Bu Tan: Our Path Forward (intc.com)
A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees.
Business, Leadership, Intel, Semiconductors
7 points by mepian 1 day ago | 11 comments
Ask HN: My CEO wants to go hard on AI. What do I do? (ycombinator.com)
I'm the lead software engineer at a company building a B2B hardware/software product in the US. Great team, great technology, great PMF and good progress on revenue targets. There are lots of opportunities for how to develop the product further. It's been an extremely hard scale-up but we are finally starting to see it pay off.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Leadership, Software Engineering
104 points by throwaway778 2 days ago | 112 comments
Why Discord founder Jason Citron is stepping down from CEO job (venturebeat.com)
Jason Citron is stepping down as CEO of Discord and he has hired game veteran Humam Sakhnini as the new CEO.
Business, Leadership, Tech, Gaming
6 points by okdood64 3 days ago | 0 comments
Passing the Torch (discord.com)
Hi everyone — I have some big news to share, so I’ll cut right to the chase: We have hired a new CEO to lead Discord through our next chapter of growth and someday becoming a public company.
Leadership, Company News, Discord
17 points by Philpax 3 days ago | 1 comments
Why Narcissists Emerge as Leaders Even in Childhood (scientificamerican.com)
Narcissistic leaders both fascinate and repel us. They can be charming, act assertively and articulate visions that may inspire confidence, especially in times of uncertainty. This can attract many followers.
Psychology, Leadership, Childhood, Narcissism
7 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 1 comments
CISA's Secure by Design initiative in limbo after key leaders resign (cybersecuritydive.com)
The future of the federal government’s software-security advocacy campaign is in doubt following the departure of the two Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials who oversaw the program.
Cybersecurity, Government, Software Security, Leadership
6 points by johnshades 4 days ago | 0 comments
How to Tell Your Boss They're Wrong–Tactfully (hbr.org)
Your boss is set on a strategy that sounds great in theory, but which you’re sure will be a logistical nightmare. Or maybe you’re in a team meeting, and everyone is nodding along to your boss’s idea that you believe will crash and burn. Speaking up in these moments takes finesse and nerve. How do you voice your concerns to your boss without being confrontational? Should you ask questions or make a direct case?
Workplace Communication, Leadership, Business, Management
8 points by kiyanwang 6 days ago | 6 comments
Former cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs leaves SentinelOne after executive order (cnbc.com)
Cybersecurity, Leadership, Government, Technology
88 points by rexbee 9 days ago | 16 comments
Chris Krebs to Leave Sentinel One (sentinelone.com)
We are a cybersecurity company – our mission is to defend customers, enterprises, and governments against cyber threats by leveraging the most advanced Artificial Intelligence.
Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, Companies
25 points by marcusb 9 days ago | 5 comments
Stop Conflating Genius with Asshole (joanwestenberg.com)
Somewhere between Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, we started believing that in order to be brilliant, you had to be unbearable.
Personality, Business, Leadership
71 points by gpi 10 days ago | 52 comments
Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump (ft.com)
Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump
Politics, China, United States, Leadership
11 points by Traces 12 days ago | 1 comments
Why Your 'Harmonious' Team Is Failing (terriblesoftware.org)
Teams often confuse psychological safety with everyone getting along perfectly. I see leaders bragging about teams where nobody ever raises their voice, where meetings wrap up with everyone nodding along, and where disagreements are rare. Some even think their team is “psychologically safe” because nobody ever argues.
Team Dynamics, Leadership, Software Development, Workplace Culture
80 points by dotmanish 14 days ago | 64 comments
Ask HN: What made your favorite manager so great? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What made your favorite manager so great?
Management, Leadership, Ask HN, Careers
38 points by TimTheTinker 15 days ago | 26 comments
Stop reading texts in meetings, JP Morgan boss tells staff (thetimes.com)
Workplace Culture, Technology, Business, Leadership
3 points by petethomas 18 days ago | 1 comments
Gravity Maps: An Alternative to Org Charts (leadinginproduct.com)
An organizational chart shows who’s responsible for what. It’s like a map of job titles and tasks, but it doesn’t tell you who really gets things moving. It’s great for understanding formal roles, but it misses the hidden forces that actually drive decisions and progress.
Organizational Structure, Management, Productivity, Leadership
3 points by benkan 18 days ago | 1 comments
US is in a recession, most CEOs tell BlackRock boss Larry Fink (indiatimes.com)
Economy, Recession, Business, Leadership
6 points by ryan_j_naughton 18 days ago | 3 comments
The Precise Language of Good Management (staysaasy.com)
As a manager, your words are your bond
Management, Leadership, Communication
17 points by thisismytest 18 days ago | 1 comments
Shopify CEO tells teams to consider using AI before growing headcount (techcrunch.com)
In a recent memo to employees, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made a bold policy change: teams must demonstrate why AI can’t perform a job before they’re permitted to ask for more headcount and resources.
AI, Business, Technology, Leadership, Employment
5 points by janpio 19 days ago | 1 comments
SF Mayor Lurie to tech CEOs: 'How can we get you back?' (techcrunch.com)
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie wants to bring his city back to its glory days. And he’s convinced tech leaders — who often pitch utopian ideals of their own — can help him deliver.
San Francisco, Tech Industry, City Planning, Leadership
45 points by rntn 20 days ago | 69 comments
Tesla loses another top talent: its long-time head of software (electrek.co)
Tesla is losing another top talent: its long-time head of software, David Lau, has reportedly told co-workers that he is exiting the automaker.
Tesla, Software, Automotive, Business, Leadership
13 points by TheAlchemist 21 days ago | 1 comments
Head of NSA and Cybercommand Is Ousted (nytimes.com)
The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command was removed from his job on Thursday, according to the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committees.
National Security, Cybersecurity, Government, Intelligence, Leadership
112 points by pmags 22 days ago | 82 comments
A university president makes a case against cowardice (newyorker.com)
Last Friday could have passed for a lovely spring day on the Connecticut campus of Wesleyan University. Students with books and laptops dotted a green hillside; flocks of admissions visitors trailed tour guides; baseball season had just begun, and practice was under way. It was almost possible to forget the grim straits of American higher education in 2025.
Education, Universities, Leadership, Courage
468 points by pseudolus 23 days ago | 847 comments
Sam Altman's Firing from OpenAI (msn.com)
On a balmy mid-November evening in 2023, billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel threw a birthday party for his husband at YESS, an avant-garde Japanese restaurant located in a century-old converted bank building in Los Angeles’s Arts District. Seated next to him was his friend Sam Altman.
OpenAI, Leadership, Technology, Business
24 points by smu 23 days ago | 7 comments
Google Gemini is shaking up its AI leadership ranks (semafor.com)
Google is replacing the leader of its consumer AI apps as the focus of the AI race shifts from the underlying models to the products built around them, according to memos reviewed by Semafor.
Google, Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, Technology, Business
4 points by rococode 24 days ago | 0 comments
'One of the darkest days': NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs (nature.com)
On health economist Jay Bhattacharya’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four of the 27 institutes and centres that make up his agency — including the country’s top infectious-diseases official — were removed from their posts.
Health, Leadership, Government, Science, Layoffs
13 points by rbanffy 24 days ago | 0 comments
'One of the darkest days': NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs (nature.com)
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
Science, Health, Government, Layoffs, Leadership
11 points by rntn 25 days ago | 1 comments
In the New Beijing (lrb.co.uk)
My generation​ has seen four paramount leaders: Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and now Xi Jinping.
China, Politics, Leadership, History, Opinion
18 points by mitchbob 27 days ago | 1 comments
Zoë Kooyman on Post-Stallman Changes at the Free Software Foundation (fossforce.com)
For over thirty years, the Free Software Foundation was a technical, legal, and community leader, shaping the direction of a sometimes uneasy alliance of developers and advocates that has grown to dominate much of the tech-world. Then, in 2019, the misunderstanding of a poorly-worded commment by the FSF’s president Richard Stallman about the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal led to a rejection of his leadership and caused concern about his past behavior, particularly his treatment of women.
Leadership, History, Technology
5 points by marcodiego 29 days ago | 2 comments