Hacker News with Generative AI: Leadership

Zuckerberg's Macho Posturing Looks a Lot Like Cowardice (nytimes.com)
I really, really wanted to like Mark Zuckerberg’s gushing appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast last Friday.
Social Media, Leadership, Public Image
31 points by artur_makly 3 days ago | 24 comments
Brainwash an Executive Today (mataroa.blog)
A few years ago, I had an annual one-on-one with the Chief Technology Officer of an employer with more than ten thousand staff.
Management, Leadership, Humor, Technology
40 points by Tomte 4 days ago | 2 comments
Sonos CEO Leaves Company (sonos.com)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., January 13, 2025 – Sonos, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO) today announced that the Sonos Board of Directors and Patrick Spence have agreed that Mr. Spence will step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and as a member of the Board effective today.
Business, Leadership, Technology, Audio
20 points by FinnKuhn 4 days ago | 4 comments
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch (theverge.com)
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is resigning from the company today, effective immediately, with board member Tom Conrad filling the role of interim CEO.
Business, Technology, Leadership, Consumer Electronics
86 points by mkmk 5 days ago | 146 comments
Sonos CEO Leaving After Botched App Revamp Led to Customer Revolt (bloomberg.com)
Sonos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Patrick Spence is leaving after eight years in the job, a move that follows a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth.
Business, Technology, Leadership, Consumer Products, Customer Service
6 points by pyrophoenix 5 days ago | 3 comments
Mastodon announces new European non-profit, change of CEO (joinmastodon.org)
Mastodon is taking important steps to ensure its legal and operational structures better reflect and support the pursuit of these ideals.
Social Media, Non-profit Organizations, Leadership, Europe
352 points by andypiper 5 days ago | 141 comments
Bottleneck Dirty Webs (staysaasy.com)
Delegation, specialization, and federation are critical to scaling companies. But scaling doesn’t mean stepping back from everything. Especially for unsavory, cross-functional, time intensive tasks, leaders should position themselves as bottlenecks - owners that feel pressure when the work grows too much, forcing them to find ways to push back on the growth in time and effort.
Management, Scaling, Leadership, Startups
4 points by Garbage 6 days ago | 0 comments
Zuckerberg Says Most Companies Need More 'Masculine Energy' (bloomberg.com)
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bit more.”
Business, Culture, Gender, Leadership
10 points by healsdata 7 days ago | 1 comments
Meta's head of civil rights departs (linkedin.com)
I just announced that I am leaving Meta. Here is my note:
Meta, Social Media, Civil Rights, Leadership
11 points by ianrahman 7 days ago | 0 comments
Ted's Chris Anderson's Open Letter to Elon Musk (twitter.com)
Elon Musk, Twitter, Open Letter, Leadership
6 points by emot 11 days ago | 1 comments
Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst to Join Meta Board of Directors (about.fb.com)
Meta today announced that Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst have been elected to the company’s board of directors.
Business, Leadership, Social Media, Technology
27 points by akashshah87 11 days ago | 11 comments
Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM (cbc.ca)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to step down once the Liberal Party has chosen a successor, bringing his time leading the country to a tumultuous end.
Politics, Canada, Leadership, Liberal Party
445 points by sirteno 12 days ago | 1164 comments
Collusion through Common Leadership [pdf] (law.northwestern.edu)
Leadership, Collusion, Law, Research Papers
167 points by MPLan 13 days ago | 79 comments
Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta (theguardian.com)
Nick Clegg, Britain’s former deputy prime minister and Meta’s current president of global affairs, is leaving the company after six years.
Meta, Politics, Leadership, Technology, UK
9 points by penda 15 days ago | 0 comments
Korean Assembly Speaker's adherence to procedure key to making troops stand down (aljazeera.com)
South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik has emerged as an unlikely symbol of leadership during the country’s ongoing political turmoil, triggered by President Yoon Suk-yeol’s brief declaration of martial law on December 3.
Politics, South Korea, Leadership
9 points by gsf_emergency 16 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Moving from an IC Role to Vice President at a young age, any advice? (ycombinator.com)
Long story short, I currently work at a big tech firm (synonymous with a rainforest) on a fast growing cloud product as a solutions architect.
Career Advice, Management, Tech Industry, Leadership
5 points by sfredd 16 days ago | 12 comments
Walter Isaacson: My So-Called Writing Life (2014) (wordpress.com)
Walter Isaacson is the 2014 LEH Humanist of the Year. President and CEO of The Aspen Institute and the best-selling author of biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Ben Franklin, Isaacson contributed this autobiographical article to the new issue of Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine. To read the full issue online and view more photos from this article, click here.  To renew your subscription to LCV, click here. The LEH will honor Isaacson at the March 29th Humanities Awards. 
Biography, Writing, Authors, Leadership, Humanities
50 points by nsoonhui 18 days ago | 14 comments
Is your project on schedule? How do you know? (respectfulleadership.substack.com)
Is your project on schedule? How do you know?
Project Management, Time Management, Leadership
9 points by lkrubner 18 days ago | 0 comments
Intel shareholders file case asking ex CEO, CFO to return 3 years of salary (cfodive.com)
Intel Corporation shareholders are asking for the disgorgement of “all profits, benefits, and other compensation” obtained by ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger, CFO and current co-interim CFO David Zinsner and other company leadership, arguing the leaders breached their fiduciary and contractual duties, according to a shareholder derivative lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Business, Lawsuits, Intel, Finance, Leadership
209 points by YetAnotherNick 25 days ago | 111 comments
Why I'm Bearish on MongoDB After Its CFO's Departure (yahoo.com)
Leadership is critical for companies operating in today’s competitive market. The success of these firms relies heavily on the strategy taken, the clarity of messaging, and the morale of the team involved to drive progress. However, the sudden departure of key leaders, like MongoDB’s (MDB) CFO, can be disastrous, and for that reason, I’m bearish on the database giant.
MongoDB, Finance, Leadership, Stock Market
9 points by wslh 26 days ago | 2 comments
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says search giant has slashed manager roles by 10% (nypost.com)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly said he has slashed a tenth of the search giant’s managerial roles since last year as part of a drive to become more efficient.
Google, Business, Leadership, Technology, Layoffs
8 points by belter 27 days ago | 1 comments
Leadership Power Tools: SQL and Statistics (blwt.io)
A common pattern I’ve seen over the years have been folks in engineering leadership positions that are not super comfortable with extracting and interpreting data from stores, be it databases, CSV files in an object store, or even just a spreadsheet.
Leadership, Data Analysis, SQL, Statistics
51 points by PaulHoule 31 days ago | 19 comments
Intel Inside, Gelsinger Outside (spyglass.org)
Dealt a bad hand by a board who wouldn't give him enough time, Intel's next leader needs full control to think different
Business, Intel, Leadership, Technology
34 points by yarapavan 31 days ago | 8 comments
Dimension of Professional Growth: Understanding How Others See You (medium.com)
Beyond the numbers and achievements that fill our performance reviews lies a crucial blind spot: how do others truly experience us? While we meticulously track our deliverables, we often overlook the profound impact our presence and interactions have on our professional relationships and success.
Professional Development, Self-Awareness, Leadership, Career
11 points by extrawurst 33 days ago | 0 comments
CEOs struggle to process their new reality after the public glee (fortune.com)
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Dec. 4, 2024. The public response was generally not sympathetic.
Business, Leadership, Public Perception
12 points by rustoo 35 days ago | 10 comments
Sundar Pichai and Jeff Bezos Head to Mar-a-Lago to Schmooze with Trump (theverge.com)
Two of tech’s biggest leaders have plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump soon.
Politics, Technology, Business, Leadership
8 points by cratermoon 36 days ago | 0 comments
A Note from Our Executive Director (letsencrypt.org)
The past year at ISRG has been a great one and I couldn’t be more proud of our staff, community, funders, and other partners that made it happen.
Non-profit Organizations, Annual Reports, Leadership
31 points by soheilpro 37 days ago | 8 comments
TSMC founder says Intel has neither a strategy nor a CEO (tomshardware.com)
TSMC, Intel, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Leadership
58 points by rbanffy 38 days ago | 23 comments
How Networks of Competence Are Crushing Hierarchies of Authority (forbes.com)
Around 2016, Amazon created a team to build an app for all its drivers that would integrate all of the information about delivery schedules, weather, traffic, routes, and the eventual delivery sites.
Management, Business, Technology, Leadership, Networks
20 points by RyeCombinator 39 days ago | 5 comments
Pat Gelsinger was wrong for Intel (dtrace.org)
By all accounts, Pat Gelsinger is affable, technically sharp, hard-working, and decent.
Technology, Intel, Business, Leadership
425 points by hasheddan 40 days ago | 369 comments