Leadership inevitably creates moments when universal approval is impossible. A leader may need to challenge an established approach, state an unpopular opinion, enforce a standard or make a decision before every uncertainty has disappeared. None of this requires becoming unnecessarily confrontational. It does require accepting that progress can make other people uncomfortable.
Through a mixture of opportunism and learning from his mistakes, Los Angeles-based DJ and music producer Lucas Duplan went from producing music in his bedroom to successfully reading large-scale crowds.
Ran Hammer is the CEO of Orbs, the decentralized Layer-3 blockchain infrastructure project. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development at Orbs and held senior legal and business roles at the firm GKH, where he advised technology companies, investors, and blockchain businesses on corporate, commercial, and digital-asset matters.
Erez Agmon built billing infrastructure for a world where pricing never sits still, then put AI agents on top to run the entire revenue process, from billing and revenue recognition to intelligence that shows whether every price still covers its cost.
SSE’s scenario tool can then test potential improvements before a business spends money. As different operational or equipment changes are considered, energy use, utility costs, carbon impact, and simple payback are updated together. This allows SSE to compare current energy use with what the business would likely have used under similar weather and operating conditions in the absence of the proposed change.
The founder of Vimana Jets explains why a new generation of entrepreneurs is entering private aviation, how economic uncertainty is creating more disciplined buyers and why the industry’s long term value extends far beyond luxury.