{"id":5443,"date":"2023-11-21T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2024-01-06T22:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T03:46:14","slug":"you-cant-influence-a-world-that-no-longer-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/you-cant-influence-a-world-that-no-longer-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can&#8217;t Influence a World That No Longer Exists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Influence-World-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Influence-World-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Influence-World-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Influence-World-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Influence-World-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Influence-World.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The boardroom drama at OpenAI this week revealed a universal truth: you can&#8217;t influence a world that no longer exists. The board who fired founder Sam Altman was fighting for the last vestiges of the old era of AI\u2014the non-profit version they sought to protect from the forces of capitalism.<br><br>It&#8217;s now crystal clear who won.<br><br>Much has changed since 2015 when OpenAI started as a non-profit. The governance got convoluted when they permitted Altman to start a for-profit arm to pull in billions in funding. That&#8217;s how OpenAI went mainstream with ChatGPT as its first product.<br><br>So it&#8217;s out with the old board&#8230; and in with the new. The CEO returns, triumphant, ushered back to power by a workforce who united behind him.<br><br>A lesson here? Leadership influence is a continuous process. As situations evolve, explore what&#8217;s ahead of you instead of clinging to the way things were.<br><br>You simply can&#8217;t influence a world that no longer exists.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=leadership&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7133629304554303488\">#leadership<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=ai&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7133629304554303488\">#AI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=chatgpt&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7133629304554303488\">#chatgpt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=influence&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7133629304554303488\">#influence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=openai&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7133629304554303488\">#openai<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boardroom drama at OpenAI this week revealed a universal truth: you can&#8217;t influence a world that no longer exists. The board who fired founder Sam Altman was fighting for the last vestiges of the old era of AI\u2014the non-profit version they sought to protect from the forces of capitalism. It&#8217;s now crystal clear who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,59,52],"tags":[77,79,75,66,63,76,78],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You Can&#039;t Influence a World That No Longer Exists - Connie Dieken<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The boardroom drama at OpenAI this week revealed a universal truth: you can&#039;t influence a world that no longer exists. 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