
From chess grandmaster to tech CEO, Mark Bluvshtein has mastered the art of strategy under pressure. He helped scale Wave through hypergrowth to a $500M exit and now leads Collage HR. In this conversation with Glenn Gow, Mark shares why promoting your best people into management can ruin their superpower, why learning to say no is critical for CEOs, and how AI is reshaping the future of HR. It’s an honest look at the tough calls leaders must make when growing a business.