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105 articlesRichard Socher nailed the future of work with AI
Richard Socher identified the skills that matter in the AI era: delegate clearly, specify requirements, build trust. These are learnable skills, not job titles.
The Power Playbook: Decoding Leadership Dynamics in OpenAI’s Executive Announcement
The Meta-Strategy: Controlling the Narrative In the high-stakes world of AI leadership, those who control the narrative control reality itself. A recent pr...
RAPTOR: Recursive Thinking for Smarter AI Retrieval – The Executive Code Podcast
I'm excited (and a bit nervous) to share the second episode of The Executive Code podcast, where my colleague Kirim and I explore the intersection of AI, e...
Why Prompt Engineering Is Legitimate Engineering: A Case for the Skeptics
As a CTO who has spent decades working with software engineers across organizations like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and now as President ...
The Path to Superintelligent AI: Key Insights from Tim Urban’s Groundbreaking Analysis
As artificial intelligence continues to advance at a breathtaking pace, many of us find ourselves wondering about its ultimate trajectory and implications....
Just the Good Stuff: No-BS Secrets to Success (No Matter What Life Throws at You)” by Jim VandeHei (Book Review)
A Critical Analysis Through the Lens of Evidence-Based Leadership from a Media Innovation Leader In my ongoing exploration of leadership literature, I appr...
The Frontier of AI: Reflections on my friend Richard Socher's Vision — The Man Who Invented Prompt Engineering on AI, AGI & Humanoids
Richard Socher, founder of you.com and the man who invented prompt engineering, discusses AI, AGI, and humanoid robots with Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismai...
The Tech Coup: A Crucial Wake-Up Call for the Digital Age
In her groundbreaking book, "The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley," Marietje Schaake delivers a powerful and urgent message that reso...
The Poetic Power Play: A Lesson from Indian Poetry and Professor Jeff Pfeffer
In this post, my first venture into bilingual blogging, I extend my thoughts primarily towards my English-speaking readers, while also preserving the rich ...
Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change by Marc Benioff (Book Review)
As a fellow alumni of the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Young Global Leaders (YGL) community alongside Marc Benioff, I have had the privilege of witnessing ...
You Are What You Risk by Michele Wucker (Book Review)
Michele Wucker's book "You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World" offers a deep dive into the world of personal ris...
William Lewis, Former CEO of Dow Jones & Publisher of The Wall Street Journal
William Lewis shared this recommendation for Rajiv on June 04, 2020. Rajiv is an inspirational digital leader, who combines technical expertise with strate...
Matthew Murray, Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal
Matthew MurrayEditor in Chief Tuesday, May 26, 2020 To Whom It May Concern: When Rajiv Pant arrived at The Wall Street Journal, our technology was in a mes...
Kathryn Friedrich, EVP, GM of Operations at Conde Nast Entertainment
Kathryn Friedrich shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 25, 2019 via LinkedIn: I started at Thrive Global at the same time as Rajiv. We were bot...
Jason Patterson, Software Engineer at Instagram at Facebook
Jason Patterson shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 25, 2019 via LinkedIn: I worked with Rajiv as Director of Mobile Technology at The Wall St...
Katharine Bailey, SVP, Product at The Wall Street Journal
Katharine Bailey shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 21, 2019. This is the full version of what she wrote and also shared via LinkedIn: I work...
Jordan Sudy, VP, Goldman Sachs
Jordan Sudy shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 20, 2019 via LinkedIn: I’ve had the honor of working under Rajiv at both the NYT and the WSJ. ...
Roben Kleene, Former iOS Engineering Manager at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones
Roben Kleene shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 17, 2019 via LinkedIn: Rajiv has a rare gift for leadership that energizes an organization. T...
Che Douglas, VP of Design at Booking.com
Che Douglas shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 17, 2019 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a professional, dedicated, smart and inspiring leader — his ac...
Andy Nichol, Deputy CTO, Dow Jones and Company
Andy Nichol, Deputy CTO Dow Jones wrote this recommendation for Rajiv on November 17, 2019: I have worked with Rajiv for three years. During that time we h...
The Leadership Fairy Tale Problem: Why Most Leadership Advice Will Sabotage Your Career
Walk into any airport bookstore and you'll find an entire wall devoted to leadership books. Browse LinkedIn and you'll see countless posts sharing "leader...
Luke Vnenchak, VP of Engineering at BuzzFeed
Luke Vnenchak shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 26, 2016 via LinkedIn: One thing that stood out in working with Rajiv was his ability to mento...
Denise Warren, Executive Vice President, The New York Times
Denise Warren shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Aug 5, 2016 via LinkedIn: It is with strong conviction that I recommend Rajiv Pant. During our work t...
Malu Menezes, Executive Director of Technology, The New York Times
Malu Menezes shared this recommendation for Rajiv on June 24, 2016 via LinkedIn: I worked with Rajiv at the New York Times while he was VP of Engineering a...
Joe Adamo, VP, Digital Technology at Tribune Publishing Company
Joe Adamo shared this recommendation for Rajiv on June 23, 2016 via LinkedIn: I was fortunate enough to work with Rajiv for the past year. He's a highly in...
Megan Garvey, Deputy Managing Editor at Los Angeles Times
Megan Garvey shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Jun 15, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a sharp manager who does his homework before making decisions. He ...
Paul Smurl, COO & President at Some Spider LLC
Paul Smurl shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 31, 2016 via LinkedIn: I worked with Rajiv at The New York Times for five years and then recruited h...
Joe Simon, Chief Operating Officer at Encompass Digital Media, Inc.
Joe Simon shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 23, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv has deep technical expertise and has continued to build his skills and r...
Rajit Gulati, Vice President, Enterprise Products Engineering at BlackBerry
Rajit Gulati shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 15, 2016 via LinkedIn: I was reporting to Rajiv at COXnet and developed deep admiration for him ev...
Robert A. Sauerberg Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, Conde Nast
Bob Sauerberg shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 14, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a visionary and a great tech leader. He has all the skills necess...
Mark Thompson, President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company
Mark Thompson wrote this recommendation for Rajiv on April 13, 2016: Rajiv is a very strong digital executive with rock solid credentials in both engineeri...
Matthew Bischoff, Mobile Product and Engineering Lead
Matthew Bischoff shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 10, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an incredible leader of technical organizations. His ability a...
Leon Shklar, Managing Director at BNY Mellon
Leon Shklar shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 10, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv played an important role in transforming the technology organization a...
Robert Larson, Core News Product Manager at Bloomberg
Robert Larson shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 9, 2016 via LinkedIn: I had the pleasure of working with Rajiv at The New York Times for many yea...
Esfand Pourmand, Program Director, The New York Times
Esfand Pourmand shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 17, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv and I started around the same time at NYTimes and during this...
Joy Goldberg, Director, Portfolio Management at The New York Times
Joy Goldberg shared this recommendation for Rajiv on October 22, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is unique. He's intensely interested in every person regardless o...
Erin Grau, Program Director, Web Products, The New York Times
Erin Grau shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Oct 21, 2015 via LinkedIn: Some of Rajiv's contributions to a technical organization are obvious and shar...
Rohn Jay Miller, Senior Vice President of Product and Technology at Knight Ridder Digital
Rohn Jay Miller shared this recommendation for Rajiv on September 11, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv Pant was leading the online technology organization at Phill...
Atif Azam, Product Designer, at MongoDB
Atif Azam shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Aug 26, 2015 via LinkedIn: Working with Rajiv is an absolute pleasure. He is a great leader with a knack ...
Morgante Pell, Technical Entrepreneur
Morgante Pell shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 14, 2015 via LinkedIn: It was a great pleasure to work with Rajiv at Some Spider. He is a high...
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. Chairman & Publisher, The New York Times
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. CHAIRMAN The New York Times Company PUBLISHER The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 [phone and email redacted] ...
Leon Levitt, Vice President of Strategy, Cox Media Group
Leon Levitt shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Jul 24, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv excelled in a difficult job of building IT infrastructure support for ...
Brian Murphy, VP of Engineering at The New York Times
Brian Murphy shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 24, 2015 via LinkedIn: When Rajiv called me to join him at his new job at The New York Times, I j...
Brad Kagawa, Vice President of Technology, Content Management Systems at The New York Times
Brad Kagawa shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 23, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a different kind of CTO. While he always has valuable input on arc...
Greg Felice, Director of EIT Strategy and Business Agility at Cablevision
Greg Felice shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 23, 2015 via LinkedIn: Maybe once or twice in a career, you get the opportunity to work with someo...
Ross Settles, Vice President of Marketing, Knight Ridder Digital
Ross Settles shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2015 via LinkedIn: During my time at Knight Ridder Digital, I worked regularly with Rajiv on ...
Chris Ladd, Senior Software Engineer at The New York Times
Chris Ladd shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv truly believes in the importance of people and of culture — from the f...
Bobby Chowdhury, Senior Director of Technology, Conde Nast
Bobby Chowdhury shared this recommendation for Rajiv on June 12, 2015 via LinkedIn: I am lucky to have worked for and with Rajiv Pant at Conde Nast and to ...
Al Ming, Senior Director of Product Architecture at The New York Times
Al Ming shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 21, 2015 via LinkedIn: If you're looking to speak to a CTO who has an incredibly strong commitment to e...
Brent Baisley, Technology Manager, Conde Nast
Brent Baisley shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 16, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is one of the best leaders of his kind. He is knowledgeable, am...
Tony Landa, Associate Director of Technology, The Studio at Conde Nast
Tony Landa shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 25, 2014 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is one of the most trustworthy individuals that I've met in my profe...
Tanya Steel, Editor-in-Chief of Epicurious and Gourmet.com, Conde Nast
Tanya Steel shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 6, 2014 via LinkedIn: I found Rajiv to be a technology visionary, understanding how to translate...
Matt Stowe, Director of Technology, Conde Nast
Matt Stowe shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 21, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a compassionate leader who strives to help each individual in his or...
Ladell Fuqua, Director of Consumer Marketing, Conde Nast
Ladell Fuqua shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 3, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is one of the most talented individuals I know. He has proven his le...
Paul Robbins, Senior Product Manager, The New York Times
Paul Robbins shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 2, 2013 via LinkedIn: One of the things that really stands out about Rajiv is his passion for pe...
Eliot Pierce, Vice President of Strategy, Business Development and Ad Operations, The New York Times
Eliot Pierce shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 6, 2013 via LinkedIn: I only worked with Rajiv for a quick year, but I thoroughly enjoyed my tim...
Terry Schwadron, Editor of Information and Technology, The New York Times
Terry Schwadron shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 5, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a highly knowledgeable technology manager who can also serve a...
Jonathan Landman, Deputy Managing Editor, The New York Times
Jonathan Landman shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 5, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv brings together two excellent qualities that don't commonly coex...
Ashwin Singh, Quality Assurance Manager, The New York Times
Ashwin Singh shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 5, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an insightful, thoughtful leader who guides his teams to results....
Omar Rios, Program Director, Savvis
Omar Rios shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 20, 2013 via LinkedIn: There are many different types of leaders. While most good leaders are in...
Ken Fisher, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Ars Technica
Ken Fisher shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 18, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv had the difficult task of managing and upgrading many disparate sy...
Land du Pont, Executive Director, Product Management, Conde Nast
Land du Pont shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 17, 2013 via LinkedIn: During the three years we worked together, I learned so much from Raji...
Richard Ullrich, Program Director at Savvis
Richard Ullrich shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 17, 2013 via LinkedIn: While supporting Rajiv’s initiatives, his open door policy and calm...
Bane Hunter, Executive Director, Project Management, Conde Nast
Bane Hunter shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 16, 2013 via LinkedIn: I had the pleasure of working with Rajiv during his tenure as an execut...
John Kulhawik, Consumer Marketing, Conde Nast
John Kulhawik shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 15, 2013 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an extremely capable technologist and a strategic leader. He...
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Jeffrey Pfeffer shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 21, 2012 via LinkedIn: Rajiv was one of the most insightful, self-reflective, and self-aware...
Melanie Colton, Senior Manager, Technology Conde Nast
Melanie Colton shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 16, 2011 via LinkedIn: Rajiv Pant combines his years of executive level management with techni...
Sarah Chubb Sauvayre, President, Conde Nast Digital
Sarah Chubb Sauvayre shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 28, 2011 via LinkedIn: I was extremely fortunate to work with Rajiv for just over 3 1/2 ...
Janet Kasdan, Director of Technology, Conde Nast Digital
Janet Kasdan shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 28, 2011 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an excellent leader. He demonstrates true respect for everyone h...
Jessica Perry, Vice President, Product Planning/Management, Conde Nast Digital
Jessica Perry shared this recommendation for Rajiv on December 19, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a terrific business partner who can skillfully translate tec...
Susan Kaplow, Executive Editor, Syndication and Web Development, Conde Nast
Susan Kaplow shared this recommendation for Rajiv on December 16, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is both an accomplished technologist and a skilled executive. I ...
Joe Danyliw, Tech Manager, Conde Nast Publications
Joe Danyliw shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 7, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an executive who can make tough decisions that are right for the co...
Spencer Portee, Software Architect/Tech Lead, Conde Nast
Spencer Portee shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 19, 2010 via LinkedIn: To say that working with Rajiv was a pleasure would be a disservice to hi...
Oscar Sumano, Associate Director, Technology Operations, Conde Nast
Oscar Sumano shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 12, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is very open-minded when it comes to technology. He looks for the rig...
John Reetz, General Manager of COXnet, Cox Newspapers
John Reetz shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 11, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is not only a skilled technologist, but also a creative thinker who is ...
Kiran Patel, Web Application Developer, Conde Nast
Kiran Patel shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 4, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv and I worked together for almost 2 years at Conde Nast. I was directly ...
Mark Cox, Head of Technology Operations at COXnet
Mark Cox shared this recommendation for Rajiv on May 4, 2010 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a passionate and driven leader. He thinks on a very large scale and cha...
Ted Nadeau, SVP, General Manager, CondeNet, Conde Nast
Ted Nadeau shared this recommendation for Rajiv on September 10, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv and I worked together for two years at Conde Nast Digital. Rajiv ...
Hyde Post, Vice President, Internet, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (a Cox company)
Hyde Post shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 26, 2009 via LinkedIn: After surveying the landscape at Coxnet, Rajiv made a number of key changes i...
Nathan Tableman, Senior Manager of Web Hosting and Infrastructure, Conde Nast Digital
Nathan Tableman shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv's deep understanding of technology combined with his leadership a...
Supriya Saha, Software Engineering Team Lead, Cox Newspapers
Supriya Saha shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is the best technical leader, I have so far seen so far. He always k...
Wayne Weber, Senior Software Engineer, McClatchy Interactive
Wayne Weber shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 21, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv always has his antenna out into the ether of the latest technical tec...
Benjamin Sun, Chief Engineering Architect, Knight Ridder Digital
Benjamin Sun shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 21, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is one of the best managers I have ever had. As the VP of engineerin...
Shantanu Muni, Account Manager, Datamatics Consultants
Shantanu Muni shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 10, 2008 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is Man of Solutions. No matter what the issue or the problem is, no...
Viv Neti, Vice President of Operations at Bamboo Ad Network
Viv Neti shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 11, 2008 via LinkedIn: One of the best managers I have had. Rajiv is intelligent and thinks out of t...
Valerie Nozick, Product Development Director, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cox
Valerie Nozick shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 29, 2007 via LinkedIn: Rajiv came into CoxNet and turned around an IT group that had been dis...
Karl Martino, Senior Software Engineer, Philly.com and Knight Ridder Digital
Karl Martino shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 20, 2007 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an on going example of what I look for in leadership. He’s smart...
Terry Chan, Principal Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Terry Chan shared this recommendation for Rajiv on December 2, 2006 via LinkedIn: I had the pleasure to work with Rajiv on a major technology consolidation...
Shannon Brown, Director of Product Management, Knight Ridder Digital
Shannon Brown shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 30, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a visionary technologist with the ability to communicate and...
Mark Sun, Senior Director of Engineering, McClatchy Interactive
Mark Sun shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 27, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a very resourceful manager. He always able to find supports from ...
Ben Mappen, Software Engineer, Knight Ridder Digital
Ben Mappen shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 22, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a remarkable individual and I have long admired his savvy, char...
Tom Mohr, President, Knight Ridder Digital
Tom Mohr shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 22, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is bright, extremely creative and entrepreneurial. This combines wit...
Chris Jennewein, COO, Knight Ridder Digital
Chris Jennewein shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 22, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a creative and visionary technologist. He was responsible ...
Jennifer Musser-Metz, Senior Producer, Philly.com and Knight Ridder Digital
Jennifer Musser-Metz shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 21, 2006 via LinkedIn: I worked with Rajiv from his Atex-to-HTML wizardy days as a pr...
Jodi Leese Glusco, Sports Editor, Philly.com and Knight Ridder Digital
Jodi Leese Glusco shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 16, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a brilliant programmer, a tireless worker and a gentleman....
Fred Mann; former VP, National Programming and Regional VP, Knight Ridder Digital; GM, Philly.com
April 25, 2006 To Whom It May Concern: In my long career as a journalist, and digital media manager, I have learned that hiring the right people is probabl...
Patrick Burke, Senior Manager of Product, Cox Media Group
Patrick Burke shared this recommendation for Rajiv on February 22, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv works well in a rapidly evolving, high-demand environment. He h...
Shannon Kinney, Senior Director, Product Development, Knight Ridder Digital
Shannon Kinney shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 18, 2005 via LinkedIn: I managed Product Development at KRD and looked to Rajiv to help me ...
Kim Marcille Romaner, General Manager of Miami.com, Knight Ridder Digital
Kim Marcille Romaner shared this recommendation for Rajiv on September 16, 2005 via LinkedIn: Rajiv and I worked together at Knight Ridder Digital. The pla...
Daniel Finnigan, President and CEO, Knight Ridder Digital
Dan Finnigan shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 24, 2005 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is very bright, hard-working, creative and passionate about his eng...
Ches Wajda, Design Director, Philly.com and Knight Ridder Digital
Ches Wajda shared this recommendation for Rajiv on September 27, 2004 via LinkedIn: Rajiv already was at legendary status when I arrived at Philly.com (whi...
Robin Palley, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
March. 8, 2004 To whom it may concern: It is a pleasure to talk about Rajiv Pant. It is rare to meet someone who combines the breadth of engineering skills...
Ken Doctor, VP/Content Services, Knight Ridder Digital
Feb. 22, 2004 Letter of Reference Re: Rajiv Pant From: Ken Doctor, VP/Content Services, Knight Ridder Digital Few people elicit great enthusiasm from refer...
Steve Rossi, President, Newspaper Division, Knight Ridder
December 16, 2003 To Whom It May Concern: I have personally known Rajiv Pant to be an outstanding professional since 1995 when he started working at Philad...
Tony Ridder, Chairman and CEO, Knight Ridder
Congratulatory letter from Tony Ridder, Chairman & CEO, Knight Ridder P. ANTHONY RIDDERCHAIRMAN ANDCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KNIGHT RIDDER50W. SAN FERNANDO S...