Michael Dell says the fastest way to wreck a company is to fill it with experts.
He gets this from Henry Ford.
"If I ever want to sabotage my competition, I would fill their ranks with experts. Experts tend to know so much, and they're so convinced that they're right, they'd get no work done."
The cost isn't the bad prediction. It's the certainty.
An expert who dismisses a new idea costs the company the next ten years of advantage.
An expert who locks into a paradigm sees the world the way the paradigm allows.
Dell points to AI as the live example.
"If you took the top computer scientists and researchers in AI five years ago and said this is what's going to happen with LLMs in the next five years, probably 99 out of 100 would say no, that's not going to happen."
The smartest people in the field.
The ones with the credentials.
The ones running the labs.
Wrong.
"At the limit, nobody knows anything."
Most companies hire experts to remove uncertainty.
Dell says the uncertainty is where the company lives.
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🚨👨💼📈 #NEW — In a press release this morning, LIV Golf announced a newly established Independent Directors Committee led by Gene Davis and Jon Zinman.
“LIV Golf has built something truly differentiated – a global league with passionate fans, world-class talent, and demonstrated commercial momentum,” said Gene Davis, Chairman of the Independent Directors Committee. “The executive leadership team, along with Jon and I, see a clear opportunity to help the league formalize its structure, attract and secure long-term capital, and position the business for growth while continuing to promote the game across the world. We look forward to positioning LIV Golf for future success."
The press release continued: LIV Golf's conviction in the Team Golf model has never been stronger. The league has built a differentiated platform that is global by design, commercially vibrant, and structured to unlock untapped value across the sport. The 2026 season has already proven the demand for our product, with record-breaking engagement and a 100% increase in revenue year over year. LIV Golf is now leveraging this momentum to engage in constructive, forward-looking discussions with prospective global investors and partners who share its vision for an inclusive and modernized game. For the league's fans, players, and partners, the commitment to world-class golf remains unchanged as this process unfolds.
Thoughts?
Black woman from South Africa: “Black people have been patient enough for more than 400 years of colonialism. We are coming for you, and we are going to get everything that you own.”
White people are facing racism, hatred, and brutal violence in South Africa. This is not acceptable. More people should know about the horrible things happening in South Africa; almost nobody talks about it.
The CEO of the world’s most valuable chip company just told every worker on the planet something they need to hear.
Jensen Huang, “If I were to hire a new college graduate today, and I have a choice between two, one that has no clue what AI is, and one that is an expert in using AI, I would hire the one who’s an expert in using AI.”
He specifically named accountants, lawyers, salespeople, supply chain managers, farmers, pharmacists, electricians, and carpenters, every profession, every level, no exceptions.
His logic is straightforward and hard to argue with.
The person who uses AI well will do more work, move faster, and deliver more value than the person who doesn’t, and that gap is only going to widen the longer someone waits to engage with it.
Then he drew a distinction that is worth sitting with.
He said that if your job essentially is the task meaning the task is the whole value you bring , then disruption is highly likely.
But if your job has a larger purpose and you use AI to automate the routine parts of it, you stop being just an executor and start becoming the innovator in your own industry.
Huang’s best point was also his most disarming.
If you don’t know how to use AI, you can literally ask AI how to use AI, and it will walk you through the whole thing from the beginning.
The barrier to starting has never been lower, which means the only real obstacle left is deciding to begin.
Every generation has had a moment where the rules of work shifted and most people didn’t recognize it until they were already behind.
This one is happening in plain sight, and the cost of waiting is going up every single day.
🇧🇷 Brazilian Navy's H225M helicopter rescues the crew and passengers of the #omni@AirbusHeli H160 that ditching in the sea today near Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro) during an offshore flight to the oil rig with 8 crew and passengers. All were rescued by the Navy helicopter and conducted for medical evaluation. No injuries reported.
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