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Fourteen months after
Robert F Kennedy Jr was sworn in
as US health secretary,
the country’s prime public health agency over which he presides
is in a state of disarray.
Eighty per cent of the top director positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stand vacant,
with no permanent leader to drive policies affecting the health of millions of Americans.
No one is in place to coordinate the agency’s day-to-day work fighting infecti…

Disney's incoming president Dana Walden unveils new Disney Entertainment leadership, including elevating Debra OConnell as chairman of Entertainment TV (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/dana-walden-disney-entertain…

Dana Walden Unveils Her Disney Entertainment Leadership Team Spanning Film, TV, Streaming & Games; Debra OConnell Upped To DET Chairman
Dana Walden Unveils Her Disney Entertainment Leadership Team Spanning Film, TV, Streaming & Games; Debra OConnell Upped To DET Chairman

"Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI"
https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v45i1.17659
"Librarians have managed and lived through many seismic shifts brought by technology. How should librarian leaders approach the coming anticipated AI workforce disruption?"

Ukraine's energy revolution is being powered by women leaders and local communities. Through initiatives like 100 Solar Schools and 50 Solar Hospitals, the country is building resilience with decentralized renewable systems—solar panels and batteries that keep critical infrastructure running even during conflict. This shift toward energy independence shows how sustainable power can be a security strategy.

Women’s leadership is everywhere in Ukraine
This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Yuliana Onishchuk, founder and CEO of the Charitable organisation Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation. She explains how Russia’s full-scale invasion transformed solar energy in Ukraine from a green technology into a vital tool for survival, powering hospitals, schools, and communities during blackouts and attacks. Through the Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation, decentralized renewable energy and women-led initiatives are helping build resilience, p…

Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members in Their Hideouts, One by One (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-leadership-528c6114?st=YoQu1w
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p29#a260318p29

In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028 (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/research/2028-ai-leadership

2028: Two scenarios for global AI leadership
Our views on the AI competition between the US and China.

Friday Links 26-13
I caught up with my YouTube, two good videos from NotJustBikes about cars and oil being bad.
I really liked all the links in leadership this week, all highly recommended.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/friday-links-26-13.html

The Leader's Handbook Study Series
https://www.in2in.org/shop/p/the-leadership-handbook-study-series
In his forward to the Leader’s Handbook Ackoff offers a format to study the book which we will follow in these sessions:
“I suggest a small group …

The Leader's Handbook Study Series — In2:InThinking Network
Description: In The Leader’s Handbook , Peter Scholtes offers a comprehensive expansion of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge. Drawing from his deep expertise in organizational development, adult learning, people and intrinsic motivation, Scholtes operationalizes Deming’s teach

reminder that no matter how funny that translator may be, generative AI is still awful and immoral and Kagi kinda sucks balls too[1]. thank you for your attention
1. https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html

"AI and Digital Leadership: Transforming Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Future": Interview-Podcast mit der Autorin: https://newbooksnetwork.com/ai-and-digital-leadership
Das Buch "explores how galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) are na…

RE: #avilewis ) see a bump in those

An internal BBC survey: 34% of workers said they had confidence in the executive leadership, down from 46% in 2025; 43% were "excited" about the BBC's future (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/04/bbc-staff-confidence…

BBC Staff Confidence In Leadership Plummets After Trump & Gaza Crises
BBC staff confidence in leadership has taken a significant hit after a string of editorial scandals in 2025, including the bust-up with Donald Trump.

Joel Webbon says God punishes rebellious nations by putting women in political leadership
because "nothing hurts more."
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/joel-webbon-says-women-political-leadership-sign-gods-judgm…

Joel Webbon Says Women in Political Leadership is Sign of God's Judgment
Joel Webbon says God punishes rebellious nations by putting women in political leadership because "nothing hurts more."

Andrew Luck and Bruce Arians weren’t expected to win together. Here’s how they did anyway https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7195812/2026/04/15/andrew-luck-bruce-arians-leadership-colts/

Memo: Satya Nadella says ex-Snap executive Jacob Andreou will lead Copilot for commercial and consumer clients; Mustafa Suleyman will focus on new AI models (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/microsoft-copilot-ai-suleyman.html

Microsoft shakes up Copilot AI leadership team, freeing up Suleyman to build new models
Microsoft is doubling down on its superintelligence group to build models, while consolidating engineering efforts for its Copilot assistants.

The Disrespect for Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Has Gotten Out of Hand https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/disrespect-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-gotten-out-hand

"‘Weakening climate leadership’: Is the EU’s 2040 emissions target ambitious enough?"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Climate

‘Loophole’ in EU’s 2040 emissions target could delay climate action
Experts warn that the EU’s interim climate targets are being ‘undermined’ by a loophole that comes into effect in 2036.

Well, Jings.
#Starmer has chosen today of all days to send TWENTY SIX more toffs to the House of Lords.
OK, it seems that this bunch of chancers are 'procedural'. but... Read the room, man, read the room.

Raiders Mailbag: Answering Your Questions After Week 1 of Free Agency https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/gm-report/las-vegas-mailbag-answering-your-questions-week-1-free-agency-john-spytek

Cuba's latest blackout underscores its deepening economic crisis as Rubio calls for new leadership (Milexsy Duršn/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-power-outage-electricity-trump-28db6c460ed84df539a574bed16a819d
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p63#a260317p63

Houston’s Second Baptist Church is headed to trial over church leadership lawsuit – Houston Public Media https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2026/05/15/552040/houston-second-baptist-church-lawsuit-trial/…

Houston’s Second Baptist Church is headed to trial over church leadership lawsuit
A coalition of congregants called the Jeremiah Counsel has accused the family of longtime former pastor Ed Young of seizing power from the church membership and subverting its governing body.

Cabinet minutes:
"These are the facts of life Keir"
"Let me tell you about storks"
Keir Starmer tells cabinet he is not resigning amid growing pressure to stand down – UK politics live

EMpowered
Through conversations at the intersection of parenting, relationships, leadership and business, the show explores emotional intelligence and nervous system regulation as the foundation for how we show up in the world...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.co…

A change in #UEFI leadership:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dongweimba_i-would-like-to-extend-my-sincere-gratitude-activity-7…

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Doran for his exceptional service as President of the UEFI Forum since 2005. For more than two decades, Mark has provided steady leadership, deep… | Dong Wei, MBA | 21 comments
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Doran for his exceptional service as President of the UEFI Forum since 2005. For more than two decades, Mark has provided steady leadership, deep technical insight, and unwavering dedication to the Forum’s mission. His contributions have left an enduring mark on the firmware industry and the UEFI community. I have had the privilege of serving as Vice President of the UEFI Forum, working closely with Mark, the Board of Directors, and our mem…

Sources: Sequoia raised ~$7B for a new fund, the first fundraising round under its new leadership; the firm's last expansion fund was a $3.4B vehicle in 2022 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04…

“President Trump exhibits what forensic mental health experts have, across dozens of independent assessments, identified as the ‘Dark Triad’ of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy … Rather than constituting a clinical diagnosis, this trait-based assessment is grounded in behavioral observation and is particularly useful for assessing the level of danger an individual poses in a political leadership position. We do not offer this as a clinical verdict. We offer i…

‘A Constitutional Emergency’: Psychiatric Experts Say Congress Must Confront Mentally Unstable Trump | Common Dreams
“We recognize the gravity of what we are asking. We ask it because the gravity of the situation demands it."

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd M. Lyons submitted his resignation Thursday,
capping his leadership of one of the agency’s most tumultuous eras,
saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Lyons, a career ICE official, presided over the agency’s rapid expansion
to implement Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
ICE more than doubled its workforce and detention beds,
deported people to countries where they are not citizens, …

Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons resigns, a year into Trump’s deportation campaign
He presided over the agency’s rapid expansion and a dramatic uptick in immigration arrests that often led to violent clashes with protesters.

The V-formation maps cleanly to how we think about leadership: someone sets direction, others align behind. But the murmuration model — distributed, adaptive, leaderless — might be closer to how real teams work. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/leadership-from-birds

It was hard to leave my teams and the small Cloud Security org that I grew, but days like this are why it was worth it
After 5 years at Netflix, I've sorely needed time off to recover. I'm deeply proud of the work that Netflix Cloud Security did, and I will miss them
In a few months, I will be looking for a security leadership role at an organization that aligns with my values
Meanwhile, I'm glad to finally feel calm, safe, and secure

Comics platform GlobalComix raised $13M, following a $6.5M raise in 2023, and acquires digital manga platform INKR, adding 200K volumes of Asian comics (Rob Salkowitz/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/

GlobalComix Closes $13M Round, Acquires INKR And Names Henrik Rydberg New CEO
The digital platform gets an infusion of cash, technology and new leadership to compete in the multibillion dollar digital comics market.

#TheOnion

Trump, Mitch McConnell Clash In Oval Office Over Where They Are
WASHINGTON—In a heated exchange that laid bare a growing schism at the highest levels of Republican leadership, President Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly clashed in the Oval Office Thursday over the question of where they were, with McConnell insisting they were at church and Trump maintaining with increasing irritation that they were […]

You.com appoints Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann left to Anthropic; You.com, which began in consumer search, is targeting enterprise more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/ai-st…

AI Startup You.com Appoints New CTO After Co-Founder Joins Anthropic
AI startup You.com, valued at $1.5 billion after a funding round in September, is changing its senior leadership as it focuses on helping businesses adopt AI. Bryan McCann, You.com’s CTO and co-founder, recently left to join Anthropic as a member of technical staff, according to his LinkedIn profile. Saahil Jain, one of the startup’s early engineering hires, has been promoted to CTO, said

Iran's leadership DESTROYED "IN ABOUT AN HOUR": Trump SHOCKS with Middle East operation details: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/02/irans-leadership-destroyed-ampquotin-about.html

What if activism could feel like building a home instead of fighting a fire?
On my substack I explore love as a political force—and why that might be the most radical thing we can center. https://substack.com/@bricchapman

Bri Chapman | Substack
➡️ systems thinking ➡️ multi-passionate leadership ➡️ climate change solutions ➡️ success, impact, and meaning

Christine Fréchette is Quebec’s next premier after winning CAQ leadership
Fréchette beats out Bernard Drainville to become leader of the governing party
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-new-premier-leadership-race-caq-9.7157880

Quebec to get new premier today as CAQ leadership race concludes | CBC News
The leadership race to replace outgoing Quebec Premier François Legault concludes Sunday and the results are set to be announced in Drummondville, Que., in the afternoon.

Zulip is a really cool piece of software and very useful to us as a company chat tool.
Reading these press releases is always a thrill ride nowadays. And this one doesn't disappoint! Unlike CEOs that beat around the bush to eventually reveal layoffs, this one here drops the bombshell that the project leaders/founders are joining Anthropic.
…

Wow, I'd vote for this man as President of Europe. Touching all the important subjects from clean energy, climate, sovereignty and the future of the EU..
Fantastic episode of Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change: Europe Needs Clean Tech More Than Ever | Ep 255: Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Episode webpage: https://cleaning-up-leadership-in-the-age-of-climate-change.simplecast.com/episodes/europe-needs-clean-tech-more-than-ever-thomas-pellerin-carlin-wRuC7BTZ
Media file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/1796ff5d-0d22-4966-9fd8-da0df0f428ed/eb655335-db6e-4db4-a129-f0caea91093d/episodes/audio/group/d14bfb1a-ca7f-4d6e-a42c-4d65f2c8ee54/group-item/aacee0b0-135e-4002-ab59-dfa5923c7832/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=j3au6_cC

A profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics firm and holds a ~67% stake worth $13.3B, as AI tests SAS' strategy (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/202

Billionaire Jim Goodnight Built An Analytics Profit Machine. AI Is Forcing Its Reinvention
Unlike most of today’s biggest AI companies, SAS—once America’s largest privately held software company—has always operated slowly, steadily and profitably. Competition from all sides and an upcoming leadership transition will test the company’s longstanding strategy.

Welcome to Ascending Node [from #BlueOrigin]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IBGuHnxIZY - our premiere episode features an in-depth conversation between Tory Bruno and Tabitha Lipkin, exploring leadership, national security strategy, and the evolution of commercial spaceflight.

On my soul we ALL bumping "All Women Deserve To Be Loved And Appreciated Song 05" by "Tag Bizz Sutra Leadership Academy"

Larry Hogan hoped Republicans would ‘get back to sanity.’
He’s lost faith.
At the height of his political influence, Maryland’s former Republican governor Larry Hogan was courted as a presidential candidate to offer an antidote to Donald Trump’s takeover of the GOP.

But the brand that made him a popular blue state governor never made a splash outside the “Never Trump” world.
Now Hogan is done trying to reshape his party as a candidate.

Instead, in what he call…

Larry Hogan hoped Republicans would ‘get back to sanity.’ He’s lost faith.
The former governor of Maryland is launching a leadership institute at Washington College and says he's done with seeking political office.

Blender mögen sinnentleerte Phrasen. Jetzt auch wissenschaftlich belegt: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWRlF4clBEO/?igsh=MXc3YzgxbzZiejM5dA==

On Saturday, former Trump administration official and radical Christian nationalist
William Wolfe delivered a speech at Bethel Church in Petersburg, West Virginia, entitled
"Five Popular Lies About Faith & Politics."
Wolfe, who now runs the Center For Baptist Leadership
and has become an increasingly fanatical anti-immigrant activist,
openly admitted that the goal of Christian nationalists is to
👉gain political power and
💥impose their m…

William Wolfe Admits Christian Nationalists 'Are Going To Impose [Our Morality] Upon You'
Former Trump administration official William Wolfe admits that he and his fellow Christian nationalists intend to gain power and impose their morality upon everyone: "Frankly, yes, we are going to impose it upon you. If you don't like it, I'm sorry."

White House sidesteps vaccine skeptics in potential CDC leadership reset (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/16/erica-schwartz-cdc-director-trump-vaccines/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p17#a260416p17

The US succeeds at regime change in Iran as Khamenei replaces Khamenei.
165 dead schoolgirls is sometimes the price you have to pay for such things.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/8/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-a-conte…

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader amid war?
Mojtaba Khamenei has succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in joint US-Israel attacks.

Sorry, Peter Griffin (being interviewed on RNZ by Kathryn Ryan on NineToNoon right now), you're way way too uncritical of US BigTech & (especially) Microsoft's leadership... that you're visiting them in the US is also suspicious.

Friday Links 26-12
Two weeks of links. A lot of AI related articles again. I liked the paper about using chatbots in leadership, and the one about the YAML of the mind.
If you want a podcast, check out the one about night trains.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/fri…

British PM Starmer pledges to move U.K. closer to EU in bid to save leadership
#Brexit was/is a disaster

Trump appears to careen between two opposing visions for victory in Iran:
He has demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender”
and also has signaled that he might abruptly declare victory and leave.
Neither scenario is likely to end this war, because neither reflects any real understanding of the adversary.
Washington appears to have begun the conflict on the assumption that sustained military pressure would either collapse the Iranian regime or force its leadership to…

Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
The Islamic Republic is designed to endure crises and fight asymmetric conflicts.

On The Mic...WIT Shaz - Women In Tech Leadership: The Upsides
Dedicated to inspiring and empowering more women in tech to enter into and remain in C-suite, Exec and leadership roles and to encourage this we need to be talking more about the upsides of being in tech leadership roles...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://…

@… time for leadership to

Tension builds ahead of NFLPA leadership vote https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48179641/jc-tretter-nflpa-executive-director-vote-election

NATO SG Rutte calls authoritarian leader who illegally attacked a third country and threatened to end its civilisation his friend.
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-meets-nato-chief-as-us-mulls-wihtdrawal-from-alliance/

Trump meets NATO chief as US mulls withdrawal from alliance
"This was a meeting between friends," Rutte said after the meeting, praising Trump's leadership. The administration is reportedly weighing a proposal to pull U.S. troops out of NATO member countries that did not support the war in Iran.

Ballot Box Scotland party profile: SNP
"18 months ago, you’d have expected Swinney would be headed into this election preparing to hand Anas Sarwar the keys to Bute House, and SNP leadership to… somebody, unclear who, especially with his Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes standing down. Instead, the complete and utter implosion of Labour has all but cemented his tenancy on Charlotte Square."

SP26 Party Profile: Scottish National Party
The big beasts of Scottish politics, by rights the SNP should be headed to a bruising election. Instead, Labour’s total collapse has opened the door to a big SNP win and potentially even a m…

Comic Leadership at PAMLA 2026
https://ift.tt/jdOlZpt
updated: Monday, April 13, 2026 - 4:08pmfull name / name of organization: American Humor Studies…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://

Welsh Labour source in the Guardian: “We heard people on the doors saying they’d usually vote Labour but wanted to stop Reform.” https://www.theguardian.co…

Police chiefs failed to tackle racism due to lack of leadership, watchdog finds | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/01/police-chiefs-failed-to-tackle-racism-due-to-lack-of-leadership-watchdog-fi…

Calls to Impeach Trump Collide With Reluctant Democratic Leadership (Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/04/09/calls-to-impeach-trump-collide-with-reluctant-democratic-leadership/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260410/p36#a260410p36

Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr, is currently testifying before the House Ways and Means committee,
about his leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House budget request for the 2027 fiscal year.
Donald Trump’s blueprint pushes lawmakers to appropriate funding to establish the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA).
This is health secretary Kennedy’s planned consolidation of many subagencies whose workforces he slashed las…

Holding Both — #leadership

Holding Both: healing from all-or-nothing thinking
We’re taught that caring deeply means going all in. But integrity isn’t rigidity—it’s learning to hold complexity without collapsing under it.

"Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange

Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction...

Leadership Matters
Join Prime Ministers, CEOs, and industry pioneers as they reveal their personal struggles and leadership triumphs...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/leadership-matters/

After grantee reveals data center’s influence campaign in Pennsylvania, local officials oust town leadership - The Fund for Investigative Journalism https://fij.org/after-grantee-reveals-data-centers-influence-campaign-in-…

After grantee reveals data center’s influence campaign in Pennsylvania, local officials oust town leadership - The Fund for Investigative Journalism
With support from the Fund, Edward Donnelly spent four months investigating efforts to build some of the world’s largest data centers in the borough of Archbald, Pennsylvania – and found that local officials let developers help rewrite zoning regulations in order to build the massive centers, outside the view of local residents. Spurred by the […]

4 models, 5 years, 8 institutes, 20 coauthors under the brilliant leadership of @drgilbz.bsky.social @hofsteengemarte.bsky.social @… Abraham Torres Alavez: The
evaluation of the #polarRES Antarctic climate model ensemble is finally published Great working with you all team!
And now for the Arctic...
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/20/2629/2026/

How Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK prime minister after discontent rises in his own party (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/britain-starmer-leadership-elections-labour-993df93f36916fafa62cdc8435127ff4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p40#a260512p40

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/116560335270718717
The planning "creates real uncertainty for our team over the next few weeks, but we believe the outcome will be better for it."
Wow. Great leadership.

I wager that his colleagues will sooner or later sit him down and explain the facts of life.
Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7pz99l370o

Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on despite growing calls for him stand down from his own MPs and the threat of a leadership contest.

If he really wants an orderly transition, the correct move for Starmer is to give up his seat in parliament so that Andy Burnham can stand in a by-election.
I didn't rate Burnham when he was minister for ID cards, but he was at least prepared to sit down with me over coffee after NO2ID interrupted the Home Office roadshow in Edinburgh; and I have a lot more respect for him than the current Labour leadership.

OpenAI's economic agenda is oddly socialist and wildly hypocritical, and is largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs (Eric Levitz/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/485461/openai-economic-policy-superpac-sam-altm…

OpenAI is pivoting to…socialism?
Last week, OpenAI endorsed a long list of highly progressive economic reforms. And yet, the company’s leadership is bankrolling Republican opponents of the welfare state.

House GOP leadership silent as more members post anti-Muslim statements (Barbara Sprunt/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/14/g-s1-113667/republicans-sharia-law-andy-ogles-mike-johnson
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p51#a260314p51

Several Republican lawmakers are ramping up anti-Muslim comments
and facing little to no response from their leadership.
"Muslims don't belong in American society," Rep. Andy Ogles posted on Monday. "Pluralism is a lie."
The Tennessee Republican, whose seat is in a safe red district,
has previously expressed support for banning immigration from Muslim-majority countries
and said in a speech last year that "America is and must always b…

Lincolnshire were going carbon neutral at the pace of a tortoise.
The Reform sic) leadership thought that was too fast.
Lincolnshire County Councillors scrap 2050 carbon neutral target - BBC News

Lincolnshire County Councillors scrap 2050 carbon neutral target
The Reform UK-led Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to scrap the net zero target.

There Will Be Dancing
Amplifying the voices and leadership of women and gender-diverse changemakers working for our climate and environment...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/there-will-be-dancing/

FBI insiders: Kash Patel is ‘padding the stats’ to boost his record of arrests https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-insiders-kash-patel-is-padding-the-stats-to-boost-his-record-of-arrests

FBI insiders: Kash Patel is ‘padding the stats’ to boost his record of arrests
In a Senate hearing on Tuesday, the FBI director dodged questions about his behavior and leadership, instead pointing to arrest data that current and former agents say is manipulated.

The Latest Blows to Iran's Leadership (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/killings-iran-leadership.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260406/p72#a260406p72

BBC COO Leigh Tavaziva says she is leaving in September, making her the third board-level executive to quit in four months after Tim Davie and Deborah Turness (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/bbc-coo-leigh-tavaziva-exit-1236742220/

BBC COO Leigh Tavaziva To Exit As Leadership Upheaval Continues
Leigh Tavaziva, the BBC's chief operating officer, is stepping down amid continued leadership upheaval the UK national broadcaster.

University of California’s frontline workers have canceled the
system-wide strike originally planned to begin on Thursday after reaching a tentative agreement with the UC on Wednesday night. 
These 42,000 service and patient care workers
— represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME)
— have worked without a ratified contract since 2024, due to “stalled” negotiations with the UC, according to union leadership. 

Grief is not a weakness. It’s a form of love.
On my Substack, I write about how we move through sorrow into action—without numbing out or giving up.
https://substack.com/@bricchapman

Bri Chapman | Substack
➡️ systems thinking ➡️ multi-passionate leadership ➡️ climate change solutions ➡️ success, impact, and meaning

Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls the group's leadership, including bringing over executives from Microsoft's CoreAI engineering unit where she worked before (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/microsoft-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-e…

Microsoft Xbox CEO overhauls leadership amid sinking sales: 'We need to evolve how we work'
Asha Sharma, the former Instacart and Meta executive who took over Xbox at Microsoft, said the unit doesn't spend enough time with developers and players.

Well-Led Schools
Covering all things teacher wellbeing, school leadership and culture building - you'll walk away with ideas and recommendations on ways to evolve your leadership, create a mentally healthy workplace and ultimately influence the lives and learning of our students...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://…

After a wet January and February, Carrizo Plain National Monument has entered superbloom
The mountain ranges have been flowering for weeks.
The valley floor has begun to follow.
And if the weather holds,
the display could stretch into early April.
https://www.

Carrizo Plain in Superbloom as BLM Leadership Change Looms
Winter rains bring an early start to wildflower season at the national monument amid renewed federal debate over public lands.

How CBS News' right-leaning, pro-Israel editorial leadership is covering the Iran crisis; Bari Weiss' outspoken approach led to her reposting false information (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/03/01/2026/a-new-cbs-news-emerges-amid…

Exclusive: A new CBS News emerges amid Iran crisis
The joint Israeli and American attacks on Iran were the first major test of the new CBS News right-leaning and pro-Israel editorial leadership.

Exclusive: Grenell expected to shift out of Kennedy Center leadership on Monday (Alex Isenstadt/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/13/grenell-kennedy-center-president-renovation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p98#a260313p98

White House is expected to shake up more leadership roles at Justice Department, sources say (Sarah N. Lynch/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-shake-up-more-leadership-roles-justice-department/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260404/p51#a260404p51

Axiamatic, which offers an "agentic control plane" to manage large-scale enterprise transformations, emerges from stealth with $54M from Greylock and Bessemer (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/11/ex…

Exclusive: AI startup Axiamatic raises $54 million to help companies push their digital transformations forward
The Greylock and Bessemer-backed startup has just emerged from stealth under the leadership of three-time founder Rajiv Gupta and Kaushik Narayan.

It’s Justin Pearson,
Democrat running for Congress in TN-09.
𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘜𝘚 named our race as one of the 2026 primaries to watch — and they’re right:
our race is already drawing 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 of national attention.
I’m running for Congress because Memphis and TN-09 deserve leadership that stays close to its People,
speaks the truth,
and fights like our families’ lives depend on it — because they do.
If you believe in leadership that’s rooted in the People, I’m hoping…

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Trump says Iran's succession bench wiped out as Israeli strike hits leadership deliberations (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-irans-succession-bench-wiped-out-israeli-strike-hits-leadership-deliberations
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p107#a260303p107

Canada’s left-leaning
New Democratic Party (NDP)
has elected a new leader,
someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of U.S. figures like
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani.
On March 29, the NDP elected
Avi Lewis on the first round of balloting
with 55 percent of the vote in his first successful political campaign.
The NDP was decimated in the April 2025 federal election.
Former leader Jag…

In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership
Avi Lewis now leads the New Democratic Party after a campaign reminiscent of left-leaning politicians in the US and UK.

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'This is not serious leadership': Donald Trump and Marco Rubio watch UFC in Miami as Iran talks fail (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/12/donald-trump-marco-rubio-ufc-iran-war
http://www.memeorandum.com/260412/p44#a260412p44

Rep. Lofgren to Noem:
You know there's an old adage that states there are no bad dogs, just bad owners.
One of the questions we have is,
are there bad agencies or just bad leadership?
https://bsky.app/profile/rachelbitecofer.bsky.social/post/3mg…

Rachel Bitecofer (@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social)
Rep. Lofgren to Noem: You know there's an old adage that states there are no bad dogs, just bad owners. One of the questions we have is, are there bad agencies or just bad leadership?

Trump Weighs Backing Militias to Dislodge Iran's Regime (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-leadership-succession-b5c4118e?st=AW3Fjp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p117#a260303p117

Tillis to Noem:
"A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years.
You decided to kill that dog because you hadn't invested the appropriate training,
then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ...
Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

#bluesky is going the way of #twitter
with new leadership due to financial pressure, they are going to cave and ruin some aspect of it
My unfounded speculation is some #crypto tie-in shit, since it's owned and run by

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries has said that DHS leadership change is not enough to reopen the government
and starting to fund the Department of Homeland Security again.
It comes as Republican Senator Thom Tillis said he believes White House adviser Stephen Miller “should go”
and that his role in the Trump administration has been a “big problem”.
The senior senator representing North Carolina, when asked on CNN’s State of the Union if he thinks Miller should go…

Two press freedom groups are warning that Larry Ellison may “implement the CBS playbook” at CNN by getting rid of all the anchors President Donald Trump doesn’t like.
In a letter sent Thursday to Paramount Skydance, Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders demanded to see internal documents, alleging that there was “credible concern that Paramount leadership has offered, solicited, or effectuated a corrupt exchange: more favorable coverage of the Trump administrati…

Larry Ellison Promised to Fire CNN Anchors If Trump Approved Takeover
Two press freedom groups allege Ellison agreed to a “corrupt exchange” with Donald Trump.

Democratic lawmakers will try to pass the war powers resolution introduced by New York representative Greg Meeks via unanimous consent later this morning,
when the House of Representatives meets for a pro forma session.
There is a press conference scheduled for after.
In a statement on today’s push, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, said:
“House Republican leadership remains completely silent on the president’s unhinged behavior.
Instead, they continue…