🎙️ EP76 - Karmapreneurship in the AI-era

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The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

Michele Brissoni

76 episodes

1 week ago

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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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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🎙️ EP76 - Karmapreneurship in the AI-era

The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

1 hour 21 minutes 56 seconds

2 weeks ago

🎙️ EP76 - Karmapreneurship in the AI-era

Philosophy shapes AI future through karmapreneurship and soft skills revealed by Craig Weiss (Patent Attorney turned Unicorn CEO turned Managing Partner Flagstaff Venture) on execution curiosity mentorship and AI human gap.

🎙️ Episode Highlights:

Craig Weiss shares his journey from patent attorney to building Enjoy (unicorn, $1B valuation) to venture capital investor, revealing why philosophy and karmapreneurship matter more than ever in the AI era.

The AI Human Gap:

- AI amplifies organizational DNA—excellence or chaos

- Soft skills becoming MORE important as AI replaces jobs

- Code assistants need humans skilled in software fundamentals

- VCs funding AI pitches without cultural/technical due diligence

- Human experiences AI will never understand: love, loss, getting punched

Karmapreneurship Philosophy:

- Treating employees, customers, vendors well = business foundation

- Win-win over win-lose in business relationships

- Small elite teams (F1 pit crew model) beat large bloated orgs

- Execution beats ideas—always

- Curiosity and question-asking as competitive advantage

💡 Key Insights:

"AI is never gonna understand what it's like to bury a parent, or to fall in love, or to pull an all-nighter" - Craig reveals why soft skills, authentic curiosity, and coaching culture create the human foundation AI needs to actually work.

Peter Diamandis wisdom: "Ask good questions—because all the answers are out there. We differentiate by who asks the best questions."

👤 Guest: Craig Weiss

Managing Partner, Flagstaff Venture

10 years Patent Attorney → Unicorn CEO (Enjoy, $1B valuation) → Venture Capitalist

First investment became unicorn | Built consumer brand across 130,000 retail locations

📖 Deep Dive Article (Thursday): https://go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns

🎁 Your Gift as a Subscriber:

In a moment when AI requires your company to be ready, we offer limited spots for Q4 for our 🔧 Free AI-Readiness Assessment

📬 Contact us: https://swcraftsmanshipdojo.com

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 TL;TR

02:00 Intro: Patent Attorney to Unicorn CEO Journey

12:02 Navigating Entrepreneurship Challenges

21:39 Business Meets Spirituality

31:42 Karmapreneurship: Merging Profit with Purpose

45:46 Finding Your Why (Viktor Frankl Philosophy)

50:00 Software Patents & Craftsmanship

54:09 AI Disruption & Human Connection

1:01:06 AI in Mental Health & Education

1:08:24 Community Role in Tech Advancement

1:12:25 Open vs Closed Systems in Innovation

🔗 Connect:

Craig Weiss LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-weiss-9890127/

Flagstaff Venture: https://www.flagstaffventures.com/

Forge of Unicorns: https://go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns

🏷️ Tags :

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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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