🎙️ EP66 - The $1M AI Mercenary Problem

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The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

Michele Brissoni

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Welcome to The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns — the podcast where digital evolution meets elite performance. 🚀

I’m Michele Brissoni (Mike) — Tech Advisor, Fractional CTO, and Board-Level Strategist.

Over the past two decades, I’ve invented models and frameworks that have reshaped how organizations evolve in the software era:

BOKaRy 📈 — our latest innovation, a Behavioral-OKR governance framework bridging vision, behavior, and delivery to generate exceptional ROI for boards, CEOs, and investors.
SW Craftsmanship Dojo® 🥋 — born in the elite world of engineering excellence at Ferrari Formula 1 during the glorious Michael Schumacher era, evolved into a behavior-engineered continuous active learning system for elite software craftsmanship.
Unicorns’ Ecosystem 🦄 — a predictable, holistic model born to fight the de-facto standard of mediocracy in IT, which kills more organizations than anything else. By fusing behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational psychology, it combats the hidden killers while igniting elite IT performance.

Born from decades of research and experimentation, these models guarantee zero disruption and measurable outcomes. They have already guided thousands of developers, C-level leaders, and Fortune 500 organizations in industries ranging from finance and healthcare to transport and telecom.

Each episode of The Forge of Unicorns delivers:

🎙️ Bold conversations with CEOs, investors, and technical leaders.
🧭 Actionable strategies to escape failed transformations and achieve real evolution.
🤖 AI mastery without the hype — practical frameworks to harness AI for measurable outcomes, not inflated promises.
🧠 Behavioral insights rooted in 20+ years of research and practice.
💡 Survival toolkits for boards, managers, developers, and agilists facing burnout, disengagement, and stalled revenues.

In today’s volatile digital landscape, transformation alone is not enough. To survive, thrive, and secure the future, organizations need systems engineered for resilience, clarity, and exponential performance. That’s what this podcast is about.

👉 Want more?

Subscribe to The Forge of Unicorns Newsletter 📰 for deep dives, case studies, and more: go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns.

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Start true evolution of your organization towards elite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Welcome to The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns — the podcast where digital evolution meets elite performance. 🚀

I’m Michele Brissoni (Mike) — Tech Advisor, Fractional CTO, and Board-Level Strategist.

Over the past two decades, I’ve invented models and frameworks that have reshaped how organizations evolve in the software era:

BOKaRy 📈 — our latest innovation, a Behavioral-OKR governance framework bridging vision, behavior, and delivery to generate exceptional ROI for boards, CEOs, and investors.
SW Craftsmanship Dojo® 🥋 — born in the elite world of engineering excellence at Ferrari Formula 1 during the glorious Michael Schumacher era, evolved into a behavior-engineered continuous active learning system for elite software craftsmanship.
Unicorns’ Ecosystem 🦄 — a predictable, holistic model born to fight the de-facto standard of mediocracy in IT, which kills more organizations than anything else. By fusing behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational psychology, it combats the hidden killers while igniting elite IT performance.

Each episode of The Forge of Unicorns delivers:

🎙️ Bold conversations with CEOs, investors, and technical leaders.
🧭 Actionable strategies to escape failed transformations and achieve real evolution.
🤖 AI mastery without the hype — practical frameworks to harness AI for measurable outcomes, not inflated promises.
🧠 Behavioral insights rooted in 20+ years of research and practice.
💡 Survival toolkits for boards, managers, developers, and agilists facing burnout, disengagement, and stalled revenues.

👉 Want more?

Subscribe to The Forge of Unicorns Newsletter 📰 for deep dives, case studies, and more: go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns.

Stop merely following the herd of transformations by the book!

Start true evolution of your organization towards elite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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🎙️ EP66 - The $1M AI Mercenary Problem

The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

54 minutes 42 seconds

3 months ago

🎙️ EP66 - The $1M AI Mercenary Problem

💥 Your tech budget is burning—and hiring hype can kill your culture.

Here’s the brutal truth:

Boards are shelling out $1M+ to AI engineers—none of whom are scientists in the classical sense

Meta’s Superintelligence Lab just dangled $100M–$300M packages for top AI talent, while tens of thousands of good people got laid off

Worse: Investors are funding AI hires not to build software, but to create products that enable layoffs—fueling a toxic, nonsensical cycle

In this eye-opening episode, Michele Brissoni sits down with Sean Smith to reveal how hype hires destroy ROI, while true transformation demands behavioral discipline and operational mastery.

🎯 What You’ll Discover:

💸 The Meta Superintelligence paradox: sky-high compensation, no neuroscience depth

🤡 Why the $1M AI hire is the ultimate mercenary—money in, culture out

🧩 The blinding absurdity: “10 certified Scrum Masters shouting at one coder”

🏎️ Why building like an F1 pit crew beats superstar hiring

🔁 How small, disciplined steps produce real, sustainable ROI

🗣️ Quotes That Hit Hard:

“We are people from the market, providing them a lot of cash … not their culture.”

“10 Scrum Masters screaming at one paddling engineer.”

“This performance isn’t achievable with casual leadership.”

💡 If You Care About…

Keeping your team (and culture) alive during layoffs

Spending on tools or people that actually deliver ROI

Leadership that doesn’t cheat the process

…this episode cuts through the noise.

🚀 Stop Buying, Start Training

Want to stop lighting cash on fire?

Cut through the hype. Cultivate behavior. Build talent from within—daily.

Begin with a behavioral assessment and start evolving with the Unicorns’ Ecosystem.

👉 https://unicorns-ecosystem.com/

📥 Subscribe & Stay Woke

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🏷️ Tags

#DigitalTransformation #AI #Layoffs #Meta #EngineeringCulture #BehavioralEngineering #TechLeadership #Podcast #UnicornsEcosystem

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The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

Welcome to The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns — the podcast where digital evolution meets elite performance. 🚀

I’m Michele Brissoni (Mike) — Tech Advisor, Fractional CTO, and Board-Level Strategist.

Over the past two decades, I’ve invented models and frameworks that have reshaped how organizations evolve in the software era:

BOKaRy 📈 — our latest innovation, a Behavioral-OKR governance framework bridging vision, behavior, and delivery to generate exceptional ROI for boards, CEOs, and investors.
SW Craftsmanship Dojo® 🥋 — born in the elite world of engineering excellence at Ferrari Formula 1 during the glorious Michael Schumacher era, evolved into a behavior-engineered continuous active learning system for elite software craftsmanship.
Unicorns’ Ecosystem 🦄 — a predictable, holistic model born to fight the de-facto standard of mediocracy in IT, which kills more organizations than anything else. By fusing behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational psychology, it combats the hidden killers while igniting elite IT performance.

Each episode of The Forge of Unicorns delivers:

🎙️ Bold conversations with CEOs, investors, and technical leaders.
🧭 Actionable strategies to escape failed transformations and achieve real evolution.
🤖 AI mastery without the hype — practical frameworks to harness AI for measurable outcomes, not inflated promises.
🧠 Behavioral insights rooted in 20+ years of research and practice.
💡 Survival toolkits for boards, managers, developers, and agilists facing burnout, disengagement, and stalled revenues.

👉 Want more?

Subscribe to The Forge of Unicorns Newsletter 📰 for deep dives, case studies, and more: go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns.

Stop merely following the herd of transformations by the book!

Start true evolution of your organization towards elite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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