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Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “How to master PR without a communications team on board.” PRACTICE RECORDING YOUR MESSAGE. It’s the same way to Carnegie Hall: practice. Record multiple takes and select the last one for the best delivery. While the first take feels authentic, later takes are more polished while retaining…

Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Forbes’s expert panel, “20 Steps To Level Up Your Team’s AI Abilities.” Invite Your Team To Purposefully Break AI Have your teams write bad prompts to generate poor AI outputs. This deepens AI literacy by exposing its failures and assumptions. Deliberately vague or contradictory prompts reveal the strengths and weaknesses of…

Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Forbes’s expert panel, “20 Ways Leaders Can Get Their Team To Focus On Long-Term Results.” Focus On Building Toward Something Meaningful Short-term wins are tempting, but if you’re not building toward something bigger and more meaningful, you’re just busy. I learned this after the acquisition of a portfolio company that smashed…

Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “14 ways brands are addressing and managing inflation in their industries.” CUTTING INEFFICIENCIES Respond to inflation by eliminating inefficiencies instead of raising prices. Like Toyota in the 1970s or Costco in the present era, cut waste, standardize operations, and empower staff to find savings that you pass…

Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “20 ways leaders stay grounded and motivated in changing times.” LETTING FAMILY MOMENTS SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE My children’s magnificent indifference to my importance keeps me grounded. After closing our biggest deal, my 4-year-old interrupted the celebration to ask if I’d seen her doll. That perspective reset was…

Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “16 ways CISOs can lead the charge on ethical, compliant AI usage.” SERVE AS ‘AI GUARDIANS.’ Chief Information Security Officers should act like “AI guardians,” making sure AI is safe, fair, and follows the rules. They use a “trust by design” plan to check fairness, how the…