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In this episode of FailCraft,fractional Chief People Officer, executive advisor, and founder of CultureFluence Consulting Carolyn Moore joins Ezekiel to discuss why hyper-growthcompanies fail from within and how executive misalignment breaks culture. Withnearly 30 years of global human resources and organizational strategyleadership—including guiding Auth0 through IPO readiness up to its landmark$6.5B acquisition by Okta, and partnering with executives at Apple andNVIDIA—Carolyn knows exactly what cracks emerge when startups scale past theirinitial inflection point.
Carolyn explains why thechaotic politics of growth-stage companies cannot be resolved throughtechnology alone, why executive teams secretly operate without trust, and whytreating AI adoption as a pure spreadsheet reduction exercise reliably triggersorganizational failure. She addresses the true drivers of top-tier talentattrition, warns of the risks AI poses to critical thinking in the workplace,and outlines actionable frameworks for evolving a scrappy startup culture intoan enterprise-ready operating system.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: CarolynMoore and Culture Fluence Consulting
02:57 The Auth0 Transition: IPOReadiness to $6.5B Okta Acquisition
05:48 The Boardroom Taboo: WhyExecutive Teams Secretly Distrust Each Other
08:21 Why Fast-Moving M&ADeals Reliably Break Culture
10:20 The Retention Myth: WhyTop Performers Leave Bad Leadership
12:41 The AI Trap: Why AdoptionFails Without Human Change Management
16:37 Preserving CriticalThinking: Nuance in the Age of Automated Thinking
19:05 Outgrowing Scrappy:Shifting Culture from Startup Hustle to Enterprise
22:51 Connect with Carolyn atCultureFluenceConsult.com
