The Looming AI-to-Human Connection Crisis

by TheCROJo | Jul 20, 2026 | Founders, GenAI, Leadership, Migrate

AI gave your team hours back. The default move is spending all of them on more output, and it is quietly costing you. Key Takeaways For CEOs: 43% of workers name losing human-to-human interaction as their top concern about AI, ahead of job loss (Workday, May 2026)...

If You’re the Smartest Person in Every Decision, You’ve Built the Wrong Company

by TheCROJo | Jun 24, 2026 | GenAI, Leadership, Marketing, Migrate

I caught myself doing it at Larridin. I was running marketing on an interim basis, and somewhere in month five or six I noticed the pattern: I was reviewing every piece of content. Editing the headlines. Checking the copy. Approving the publish button. The team was...

Shooting Myself in the Foot

by Zoya Wasti | Jun 17, 2026 | Founders, GenAI, Leadership, Migrate

In retrospect, I kept shooting myself in the foot. Not because I lacked talent or drive or the ability to figure things out. I had plenty of all three. But through every major career transition, every high-stakes decision, every moment when the pressure was highest...

Every Technology Revolution Has a Leadership Test. Most Leaders Fail It.

by TheCROJo | May 25, 2026 | GenAI, Leadership, Migrate

AI isn’t going to take a job worth doing. It’s going to expose the jobs that don’t require critical thinking and communication — and hand the upside to the people who can do both. That part isn’t new. That’s what every technology...

The Talent Trap: Why AI Rollouts Are Really About Clarity

by TheCROJo | May 20, 2026 | Customer Success, GenAI, Leadership, Migrate, Revenue, sales

A senior marketing leader told me something recently that I haven’t stopped thinking about. His team was a few weeks into a major AI rollout. Enthusiasm was high. A small cohort of internal champions had been trained. Core work processes were being reimagined....

The Visibility Trap: Why High Performers Stay Invisible

by Zoya Wasti | May 20, 2026 | Customer Success, Founders, GenAI, Leadership, Migrate, Revenue

She came to every meeting prepared. Analysis done. Recommendation ready. Deck tight. And every time, she delivered exactly what was asked for — and then waited to see what the executives would decide. Her peers saw her as brilliant. Her boss knew she was exceeding...