Posts tagged with ‘culture’

  • Part 1 — Why AI Matters for Leadership (And Why I Built AI Tools Hub)

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    By Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s Longest-Serving CEO Artificial intelligence is the next major shift in how people work. I’ve lived through several...

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  • Will AI Replace Managers? What 37 Years as a CEO Taught Me About Technology and Leadership

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    By Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s Longest-Serving CEO Every leader today is asking the same question: Will AI replace managers? That’s exactly why...

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  • How to Stay Valuable in the Age of AI

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    By Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s Longest-Serving CEO Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace faster than almost any technology we have experienced in...

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  • Employee Reviews That Matter

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    By Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s Longest-Serving CEO Most managers think employee reviews are about evaluating past performance. They’re not. An effective review...

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  • Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-MoreThanProfit01.mp3Fictional Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko famously uttered the words, “greed is good.” But, for real life CEOs with...

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  • Quiet Quitting: How to reverse it in the age of remote work.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietQuitting01.mp3Quiet quitting isn’t just a buzzword, it’s happening. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn discussing this costly...

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  • The Right Company Hires the Right Person

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-HiringAdvice01.mp3In thirty-seven years as CEO of Micrel Semiconductor, Ray Zinn has done his share of hiring at all levels....

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  • Exporting Silicon Valley Culture

    Exporting Silicon Valley Culture

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Guy-CopySiliconValley01.mp3There are good aspects to Silicon Valley culture. Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley knows what...

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  • How business leaders choose to make innovation happen

    Three Innovation Engines

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    How you innovate depends on what you are innovating. A lot of startups hate hearing that. They have the...

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  • Workplace Diversity and The Path to Greatness

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    Genetics science tells us that life itself thrives via diversity. Your company does too. Like a species, mankind has...

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  • Grudges

    Grudges

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-104-Ray-Rob-Grudges.mp3Workplace conflicts are as common as the sunrise, but lingering grudges over those conflicts can be even worse. In...

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  • Exporting Silicon Valley

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    It is time to export Silicon Valley. Several intersecting trends make this a necessity. The Silicon Valley success formula...

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  • Why Silicon Valley’s Mystique Isn’t Being Exported

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    Silicon Valley’s aura is unique. Try though they might, other localities have yet to replicate it and might never...

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  • Xers, Millennials and the Future of Work

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-42-Ray-Rob-Generations01.mp3The battle of the generations, is it necessary? Rob Artigo seeks Ray’s advice and thoughts about what makes Gen-Xers...

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  • Making Every Day Your Best Day at Work

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    The spouse of one of our employees contacted me regarding his wife, taking time from his work day to...

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