Hacker News with Generative AI: Leadership

Joining the Shopify Board of Directors (world.hey.com)
I've known Tobi for over twenty years now. Right from the earliest days of Ruby on Rails, when he was building Snowdevil, which eventually became Shopify, to sell snowboards online.
Shopify, E-commerce, Business, Leadership
6 points by ksec 1 day ago | 1 comments
David Heinemeier Hansson joins Shopify's board (shopify.com)
Welcome, David Heinemeier Hansson (known to many as “DHH”), to Shopify’s board of directors.
Business, E-commerce, Software, Leadership
12 points by ibraheemdev 2 days ago | 2 comments
Email shows Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman in 2017 (transformernews.ai)
New emails released as part of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI reveal that the company’s fondness of drama is hardly new.
OpenAI, Lawsuits, Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Business
4 points by donsupreme 5 days ago | 0 comments
Neom CEO departs as Saudi Arabia scales back mega-projects (theguardian.com)
Nadhmi al-Nasr, the longtime chief executive of the $500bn Saudi development project Neom launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has departed, according to a Neom statement issued on Tuesday that did not give a reason for the departure.
Saudi Arabia, Business, Leadership, Mega-Projects, Development
5 points by tromp 7 days ago | 0 comments
Too Much Therapy at Work (world.hey.com)
Many years ago, Jason and I hired a COO at 37signals, but ended up letting them go after just a year (many reasons, another story).
Business, Leadership, Work Culture
12 points by Tomte 10 days ago | 2 comments
A counter-intuitive guide to better leadership (sudarkoff.com)
Intuition is a skittish animal. Like a forest creature, it works best from the shadows—the more directly you try to observe and analyze it, the more elusive it becomes.
Leadership, Management, Intuition, Psychology
111 points by mooreds 14 days ago | 52 comments
How to delegate effectively as your responsibility grows (hitsubscribe.com)
I’m gearing up, like some kind of power washer, to spray new productized services into our operations group so they can SOP those services at scale.  And because I’m doing that, this seemed like a good moment to draw on my experience, both in leadership roles and as a management consultant, and lay out a blueprint for internal delegation.
Management, Leadership, Delegation, Operations
187 points by galfarragem 14 days ago | 52 comments
Musk Loses Bid to Dismiss Ex-Twitter CEO's Severance Claim (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk was dealt a significant setback in a court fight over compensation sought by the top Twitter Inc. executives he fired when he took over the company in 2022.
Business, Lawsuits, Twitter, Elon Musk, Leadership
10 points by cannibalXxx 19 days ago | 1 comments
Imagine being Sundar Pichai now (twitter.com)
Google, Leadership, Technology, Social Media
10 points by dtquad 20 days ago | 1 comments
Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO (danluu.com)
There's a common narrative that Microsoft was moribund under Steve Ballmer and then later saved by the miraculous leadership of Satya Nadella.
Microsoft, Leadership, Technology, Business
371 points by greggyb 23 days ago | 685 comments
Psychological safety vs. high standards: A misunderstood dynamic (leadingsapiens.com)
The term “psychological safety” is often misleading. When managers hear safety, many dismiss it as a soft style that implies complacency. Meanwhile, psychology implies too much mumbo jumbo. High-profile figures like Elon Musk advocating for a “hardcore” style perpetuate this misconception. But this is a fundamental misunderstanding of the relationship between high standards and psychological safety.
Management, Psychology, Leadership, Culture, Work
124 points by sherilm 24 days ago | 58 comments
Microsoft CEO Nadella asked for pay reduction after security slip (cnbc.com)
Microsoft, Business, Security, Leadership
19 points by thunderbong 27 days ago | 28 comments
How to Ruin an Engineering Organization (avivbenyosef.com)
Some of the best leaders I’ve worked with told me they’ve spent years observing things in their work. As part of their growth, they were mindful and took notes. Specifically, notes of the kind of “things not to do when I’m in charge.” I realized that I have a few good examples to share. Let’s go over how to lose an engineering org in 10 ways.
Engineering Management, Leadership, Mistakes, Business
13 points by mooreds 28 days ago | 1 comments
OpenAI's AGI Readiness Chief Resigns and Team Is Disbanded (lesswrong.com)
OpenAI is disbanding its AGI readiness team — and its Senior Advisor for AGI readiness, Miles Brundage, just resigned after over six years at the organization.
Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Resignation, Leadership
7 points by Leary 28 days ago | 0 comments
Can you effectively work with leadership you don't trust? (ycombinator.com)
Let's say you have people higher on the corporate ladder on a technical level whose opinions you do not respect.
Leadership, Trust, Workplace Dynamics, Management
12 points by tpetrina 28 days ago | 12 comments
Boeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change (cnn.com)
Boeing, Aerospace, Business, Leadership, Change
60 points by belter 29 days ago | 160 comments
Requiem for Raghavan (wheresyoured.at)
Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming Google's "Chief Technologist."
Google, Search, Technology, Leadership
14 points by croes 30 days ago | 6 comments
Dear CTO: it's not 2015 anymore (godfreyai.com)
With AI and big tech layoffs, engineering organizations have been put under a microscope like never before. Engineering leaders need to adapt to this new normal.
Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, Technology, Engineering, Business
71 points by rbrown 31 days ago | 71 comments
AWS CEO tells workers to quit if they don't want to come back to the office (techradar.com)
Remote Work, Office Culture, Amazon, Leadership
71 points by flojo 31 days ago | 132 comments
What Elon Musk Really Wants (msn.com)
Elon Musk, Business, Technology, Leadership, Ambition
8 points by pabo 32 days ago | 0 comments
WordPress, Drama, Leadership, and the Web (anderegg.ca)
The WordPress saga continues.
WordPress, Leadership, Web
8 points by GavinAnderegg 34 days ago | 0 comments
23andMe's entire board resigned on the same day. Founder: the startup is savable (fortune.com)
23andMe’s entire board resigned on the same day. Founder Anne Wojcicki still thinks the startup is savable
Business, Startups, Genetics, Leadership
6 points by achow 34 days ago | 0 comments
Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic (404media.co)
After an exodus of employees at Automattic who disagreed with CEO Matt Mullenweg’s recently divisive legal battle with WP Engine, he’s upped the ante with another buyout offer—and a threat that employees speaking to the press should “exit gracefully, or be fired tomorrow with no severance.” 
Business, Technology, Employment, Leadership
200 points by orangeteacups 35 days ago | 79 comments
God Mode (sahillavingia.com)
A few weeks ago, Paul Graham published Founder Mode, about a management style practiced by Brian Chesky at Airbnb that was at least partially inspired by Steve Jobs.
Management, Leadership, Startups, Software
19 points by sahillavingia 35 days ago | 2 comments
How to Work for a Boss Who Always Changes Their Mind (hbr.org)
Five ways to navigate this frustrating — yet common — experience.
Management, Work, Leadership, Communication, Productivity
7 points by KingOfCoders 35 days ago | 3 comments
Apple's Chief People Officer Leaves Company After 20 Months (macrumors.com)
Apple's chief people officer Carol Surface is leaving the company, reports Bloomberg.
Apple, Business, Leadership, Human Resources
6 points by wslh 35 days ago | 3 comments
Ex-Intel CEO Brian Krzanich gets a new job, igniting a backlash (tomshardware.com)
Business, Technology, Leadership, Controversy
6 points by doener 37 days ago | 0 comments
Withdrawing contributions from WordPress Core and WordPress.org properties (github.com)
Before and since my WordPress Core contribution flow changed, I have tried to play my part, in the community’s interest, to encourage a change of approach by the project’s leadership. Despite this, further community-damaging actions have been taken. As a direct result of this continued unwillingness to respect the community, I am regretfully withdrawing from all contributing to WordPress Core and any WordPress.org property until further notice.
WordPress, Open Source, Community, Leadership, Software Development
37 points by rob 37 days ago | 5 comments
Everything You Didn't Know About Being a Carrier Strike Group Commander [video] (youtube.com)
Military, Leadership, Video, Navy
26 points by sbuttgereit 37 days ago | 3 comments
Stop Ignoring Your High Performers (hbr.org)
In every organization, high performers are the driving force behind innovation, productivity, and excellence.
Leadership, Performance Management, Business
79 points by kiyanwang 39 days ago | 93 comments