Craig Strong

There are over 3.5k job openings at Europe's leading startups. Tech is the fastest growing segment of the European economy, and it is quickly overtaking finance and law as the most in-demand grad jobs. There's never been a better time to get into tech with some amazing jobs at some of the fastest growing startups across europe: > @attio > @synthesiaIO > @fuseenergy > @peec_ai Jan-Willem Denys has built StartupMap - a new platform tracking the continent's open roles and there are some great roles out there. It's a great resource - will drop the link below

Jensen Huang just told every AI leader in the room to grow up. Stop scaring the public with science fiction. Start communicating like the weight of civilization is on your shoulders. Because it is. Huang: “AI is not a biological being. It is not alien. It is not conscious. It is computer software.” That single statement dismantles half the panic surrounding this industry. The mainstream conversation is dominated by people projecting human malice onto math. Alien consciousness onto code. Existential dread onto a software architecture we built, we trained, and we can read. Huang: “We say things like, ‘We don’t understand it at all.’ It is not true. We understand a lot of things about this technology.” When builders tell the public they don’t understand their own creation, the public hears threat. The state responds with control. That is already happening. Palihapitiya asked Huang what he would have told Anthropic during their regulatory clash with the Department of Defense. Huang didn’t attack the technology. He attacked the communication. Huang: “The desire to warn people about the capability of the technology is really terrific. We just have to make sure that we understand that the world has a spectrum, and that warning is good, scaring is less good because this technology is too important to us.” Warning shows risks, mitigation, why upside overwhelms downside. Scaring says we might be building something that destroys us and we can’t stop it. One builds trust. The other invites regulation written in panic. Huang: “To say things that are quite extreme, quite catastrophic, that there’s no evidence of it happening, could be more damaging than people think.” Projecting catastrophe without evidence is not caution. It is sabotage. When your technology is embedded in national defense, the financial system, and healthcare infrastructure, your words carry structural weight. If the architects act terrified of their own product, the response is predictable. Governments step in. They restrict. They seize control of something they don’t understand because the builders told them to be afraid. Huang: “There was a time when nobody listened to us, but now because technology is so important in the social fabric, such an important industry, so important to national security, our words do matter.” Most tech founders have not internalized this. You are no longer a startup founder disrupting an industry. You are running infrastructure that nations depend on. Your statements move policy. Your framing shapes legislation. Your tone determines whether governments treat you as partner or threat. Huang: “We have to be much more circumspect, we have to be more moderate, we have to be more balanced, we have to be far more thoughtful.” Huang did not ask for silence. He asked for precision. The leaders who cannot tell the difference will not be leading for long.

The most over promised and under-delivered service level commitment in commerce has to be asking @AmazonUK delivery drivers to follow delivery instructions.

For change agents: your value lies in speaking truth, challenging assumptions, and guiding organisations through necessary changes—not in telling them what they want to hear.

Too many orgs want to “move fast” and implement trending methodologies without first understanding what problem they’re solving or if they’re ready for change.

Diagnose first. Understand your current state before prescribing solutions. Sustainable transformation requires honest assessment, realistic timelines, and building on solid foundations—not comforting illusions or quick fixes.

The real cost isn’t efficiency, it’s agency. When every response is outsourced to AI, we lose the confidence to think clearly and answer directly. Simple questions deserve simple answers. Let’s stop laundering our communication through algorithms and start trusting ourselves.

2025 reflection: I can tell when you’ve fed my question to ChatGPT or CoPilot. The answer is longer, vaguer, and somehow creates more work than just saying ‘I don’t know’ or giving me two honest sentences. We’re not working smarter—we’re just hiding behind AI-generated noise.

Well done @LandoNorris 🏆 and @McLarenF1. What a performance by @Max33Verstappen and @OscarPiastri as well, you lifted @F1 and made it a nail biting season. Well deserved top 3 that could have gone many different ways.

After 6 amazing years at AWS, I’m joining Lloyds Banking Group to lead platform & operating model transformation. Excited to work with a talented team on the UK’s largest financial transformation journey. 🚀

@LewisHamilton Stay strong and keep fighting Roscoe! Sending you our thoughts and best wishes 🙏🏻

Thanks so much for the love and support. Please keep Roscoe in your thoughts and prayers

I’m engaged with so many execs who are behind AI, driven solely by cost savings against human capital; balancing productive output to financial investment. A high risk strategy, without a wider understanding of the shift in competitors and innovation wave that’s coming.

The birds are a bit louder today #troopingthecolour2025

AI is the prefix for everything nowadays making many conversations superficial and shallow. I get the impact of AI and its reach, but AI isn’t the goal. The problem it’s trying to solve or the benefit is. Don’t loose sight of this, that’s where the value and ROI is.

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Had a great time delivering a module session at @ucl on innovation and product operating models, diving into what makes high performing companies and teams.

Well done @McLarenF1 and flawless performance by @OscarPiastri

I think today shows @MercedesAMGF1 are in good hands with @GeorgeRussell63 and Kimi. Going to be a great season if today is anything to go by.

Amazing race! Well done @LandoNorris, excellent race and cool head! Gutted @OscarPiastri didn’t get a top 3 for the home ground. buts it’s clear @McLarenF1 are in for a great season.

The Confidence-Capability Paradox: In transformation, the most confident leaders often know the least. Seasoned experts appear "cautious" because they understand true complexity. Beware deceptively simple #AI solutions—they rarely work. #Leadership linkedin.com/pulse/confiden…