The Tech Leader's Playbook

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Ariel Jalali, an AI entrepreneur, advisor, operator, longtime CTO, and founder of Paragon Tech. Ariel has been building in AI and machine learning since 2014,...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan records from Tokyo, Japan on the final day of a trip that sparked a powerful reflection on Japanese business culture and what American companies can learn from it. Rat...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan explores one of the most overlooked yet critical leadership skills: decision-making. Drawing on insights from conversations with CEOs, CTOs, founders, professional athle...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Mike Krupit, a former CTO, COO, CEO, founder, executive coach, and strategic advisor, to explore what it really takes to build companies that can scale without b...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan explores why AI may create more career opportunities than job losses, even as layoffs and automation dominate the headlines. Drawing from his perspective as the leader of an...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Bruce Cleveland, a venture capitalist, former CMO, Chief Executive Officer, engineering executive, author, and creator of the Market Engineering framework. Bruce has...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with David J. Ebner, founder of Content Workshop, a brand storytelling agency that helps companies blend human creativity with AI-driven marketing systems. David brings a uniqu...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Mike Grossman, a six-time venture-backed CEO, longtime Silicon Valley operator, and author of Failure is an Option. With more than three decades of leadership experience ins...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan breaks down what he calls “The Great White Collar Compression”, the growing disconnect between a strong-looking economy and the pressure many white-collar professionals are feeling...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan breaks down what he calls the “new leadership stack” and challenges leaders to ask a hard question: if you were dropped into a new company today, would you still get hired as a leader...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Laurie Maddalena, a leadership consultant, keynote speaker, author, and former HR executive who helps organizations build healthier, higher-performing cultures. Laurie brings...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Chaitra Vedullapalli, President of Women in Cloud and a global go-to-market strategist who has driven billions in economic impact. Chaitra shares her mission to democratize econ...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan delivers a solo recap of the last five conversations on the show, connecting themes across AI, category creation, biotech, enterprise technology, and leadership psychology into one bigger narrat...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Dr. Paul White, a researcher, leadership advisor, and co-author of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. Dr. White shares his unique journey into the world of employee e...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan tackles one of the most common narratives in today’s hiring market and argues that most people are blaming the wrong thing. In this solo episode, Avetis breaks down why AI is not the primary driver...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Dr. Craig Kaplan, an AI pioneer, founder of iQ Company, and a four-decade veteran in artificial intelligence and collective intelligence systems, for a wide-ranging conversation on wher...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kevin Maney, veteran journalist, bestselling author, and co-author of Play Bigger and The Category Creation Formula, to challenge one of startup culture’s most repeated ideas: product-mar...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Alok Tayi, a Harvard-trained scientist, repeat tech founder, and the founder of Vibe Bio. Alok shares his journey from academia and engineering into entrepreneurship, where he built multipl...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Pranav Lal, Head of Business Technology at Gusto and former Enterprise Systems Leader at Slack, Eventbrite, Ethos, and OneTrust, to unpack what it really takes to build enterprise-grade syste...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan and Daria Rudnik discuss the transformative impact of AI on leadership and team dynamics. They explore how AI is reshaping workflows, the importance of building trust and acceptance among team members, and th...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan delivers a powerful solo deep-dive into one of the most misunderstood concepts in modern leadership: servant leadership. Drawing from personal experience, organizational patterns, and hard-earned lessons, A...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kylee Ingram, a decision science expert and co-founder of Wizer, a platform built to help leaders design better decision-making rooms at scale. Kylee’s journey began in sports television and do...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Alex Shartsis, serial founder, former corporate development lead, and current CEO of Skyp.ai—to unpack the real cost of “growth at all costs.” With scars and exits to back his views, Alex offers...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠ In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan dives headfirst into the trust crisis disrupting hiring across tech and go-to-market roles. Drawing from conversations with both hiring managers and top-tier candidates, Avetis unpacks the growing disconnect: w...

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kurt Uhlir, seasoned CMO, operator, and advisor to private equity-backed growth companies, for a no-BS breakdown of what modern marketing and real leadership look like at scale. Kurt challenges the...