You’ll want to grab a coffee for this one.
Imagine being told by your CEO that the company will pay for your AI tools, fund your training, and even carve out time in your week to practise... but if you still refuse to use AI, you’ll be shown the door.
That’s exactly what Eric Vaughan did in early 2023 at IgniteTech, and now two years later 80% of his original staff have been replaced.
Their numbers have held up, with very strong revenues (nine figure turnovers) and margins, but the human cost has been heavy.
How many leaders will actually front up and make the same kind of call, and what will happen if they don’t?
And if you're an employee, this will make you think hard about the type of company you will want to align with to best safeguard your career. Would you choose to work for a company/leadership like IgniteTech, or not?
I think this story is way ahead of its time, a signal of what leadership and companies may increasingly start to look like in the AI era, and the story poses very real mindset and operational challenges to all of us.
