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CEO Silence Costs More Than AI
Season 1
Episode 39
Published 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Today, one thread ties together a thousand layoffs at Snap, a survey showing the majority of C-suite leaders admitting AI is fracturing their organizations, and Molotov cocktails thrown at a tech CEO home. That thread is the cost of what you, as a leader, have not yet said.
- Snap cuts 1,000 jobs (16% of workforce) citing AI productivity. CEO Evan Spiegel was direct. Most CEOs have not been.
- Writer 2026 survey of 2,400 executives: 54% of the C-suite say AI is tearing their company apart. 97% deployed agents, only 29% see ROI. 35% cannot shut down a rogue agent.
- Physical attacks on AI leaders: Molotov cocktails at Sam Altman home, 13 bullets through an Indianapolis councilman front door over a data center vote.
The thesis: Having no AI policy is a policy. You are just letting fear set it for you.
Hosted by Stephen Forte.