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Ex-OpenAI exec: Leaders lack AI conviction

Ex-OpenAI exec: Leaders lack AI conviction
ICs get a lot of the blame for stalling or failing AI deployments. But former OpenAI executive, Zack Kass, says they could very well be the scapegoats for scrambling leadership.

What you really need to know about ChatGPT-5
ICYMI, OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 . If your head is still spinning from the other 6 models they’ve released this year, here’s our guide on what’s different and what you actually need to pay attention to.

How to drive AI adoption at scale
If you missed Olya Taran’s session at The AI Strategy Summit, you missed one of the most practical frameworks of the day on one of the biggest problems leaders still face: Getting widespread AI adoption. We’re laying it out for you.

You're bad at using AI because you're bad at managing people
Managing people and managing AI are the same skill. So if you can’t get a good output from AI, slow down and treat it like a direct report.

How I use AI to help my boss prepare for board meetings
We’re not shy about sharing our favorite AI use case: Leveraging it as a thought partner. But not all LLMs are created equally – so Section’s Chief of Staff to the COO, Ana, is sharing how they rank as thought partners for one of her most strategic use cases: Preparing the quarterly board deck.

How we used AI to improve course quality by 20%
One common misperception about AI is that it’s only good for making processes quicker. Education Product Lead, Kyra Atekwana, shared how it also improved our content quality by 20%.

The three skills that actually matter to business growth
Do you ever look at a company like Google or Netflix and think, “I know we could be that successful – if only we had their people on our team”?
The bad news: It’s impossibly expensive to recruit talent from the top tech companies.
The good news: You can develop this type of talent in-house, if you zero in on the skills that actually matter to drive business growth.
To help you, our research team looked at 100 of today’s top-performing organizations and identified the business skills that matter.
These are the skills that should be your top priority in talent development. So let’s get started.