AI Didn't Fire You. Your Leaders Did

<p><strong>Oracle cut 30,000 people last week. At 6 AM. Via email.</strong></p><p>No manager conversation. No handoff. Just: you&#39;re done, your access is revoked.</p><p>Steve has been through dozens of staff reductions in his career — and this one hit differently. Not because of the number, but because of what the <em>process</em> communicated. In this episode, he breaks down why the Oracle move is a leadership failure dressed up as a technology decision, what every major tech shift has taught us about the human cost of &quot;deploy first, figure people out later&quot; — and why the organizations that will win with AI are asking a completely different question than everyone else.</p><p>The research is clear. The logic is there. So why aren&#39;t more executive teams listening?</p>