7 Habits of Inspiring Tech Leaders: (1) An Agent of Virtue

I’ve had the opportunity to work with hundreds of tech leaders in various positions. In discerning 7 qualities of Inspiring Tech Leaders, the first, and most important quality that sets a person apart is their pursuit of virtue. There are few traits of a leader that are absolute qualifiers or disqualifiers, but for most of […]

#CTOBackyardBreak – Burnout

Recorded a #CTOBackyardBreak today on Burnout.

Burnout is the opposite of engagement… we need to take it seriously #CTOBackyardBreak #mvpbuzz pic.twitter.com/jiuusit5hn
— Nathan Lasnoski (@nlasnoski) April 15, 2021

#CTOBackyardBreak – Being Intentional

Recorded a #CTOBackyardBreak today on Being Intentional

Are you intentional? #CTOBackyardBreak pic.twitter.com/Dml8ILjYPR
— Nathan Lasnoski (@nlasnoski) April 8, 2021

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Purpose Driven Digital

You can have anything you want, just not everything you want. This was the advice given to me by my family financial planner when I was a teenager and I’ve never forgotten it. The constant reminder that not only life is short, but that I need to think about what is most important. For me, […]

Can bots possess empathy?

I was pursuing my Facebook feed the other day and came across an advertisement for Replika, an “Artificial Intelligence Friend”, which offers to be a virtual personal relationship, providing a vehicle for self-expression, understanding, and feedback. We’ve talked about Empathy in the context of bots or applications, but this is a whole new level. This […]

Empathy and Our Nation

I have kids and I love them. Sometimes love isn’t enough. Sometimes you need to be told how to express your love in a way that crosses a barrier you’ve slowly built up over time. I was noticing a problem with one of my kids about how they responded to being angry. I tried “everything”, […]

What I learned about business by being a father

The greatest blessing I’ve been given has been to be a husband and a father to seven kids. These experiences have shaped who I am and who I want to be. They cause me to earnestly desire to serve my family in a sacrificial manner. In looking at the lessons I’ve learned as a dad, […]

Ironman Wisconsin 2019 Race Report

Introduction I’m so pumped to share with you a race report on Ironman Wisconsin 2019. In prep for my first and second Ironman races I read a lot of race reports, especially on Wisconsin and it helped me prepare substantially, if only to place myself in the part of the person racing and hope to […]

Types of Friendships and Business Relationships

We all have friends in our lives, but how often have we taken a moment to think about the types of friends we have? Aristotle has given us an interesting model that is helpful to this day of three types of friendship, which are (1) friendships of utility, (2) friendships of pleasure, and (3) friendships […]

Ethics of AI – Chapter 3: Humanity Positively Impacted by AI

Chapter 3: Humanity Positively Impacted by AI Editors Note: This post is a part of a series on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. For the benefit of humanity, AI can prove to be the most important invention of our generation, if the strengths are appropriately governed. If you consider the innovation wave that AI is producing […]

Nathan Lasnoski

Technology is at the heart of the transformation of modern society and business. I engage in innovation, artificial intelligence, disruption, and ethics under the lense that we only do this because people matter.

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