People Remember The Sequence

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Over 92,000 technology jobs have been cut globally in the early months of 2026. Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and others are restructuring while pouring money into AI infrastructure.Venkatarangan is not surprised by the layoffs. He is surprised by the sequencing around them.In this episode, he draws on a defining moment from the 2008 financial crisis, when more than half of Vishwak's revenue disappeared overnight, to ask a question that rarely appears in AI strategy discussions: does how you treat people during a transition matter as much as the decisions themselves?The answer, he argues, is yes. And people remember the order in which things happened long after the memos are forgotten.Disclosure: The original article was researched and written by me and published at thefoundercatalyst.com. This audio is an AI-generated summary. For the full piece, follow the link .

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