Pros
Incredible talented individuals sprinkled throughout the org Some amazing scientists tackling truly foundational challenges using AI
Cons
-No leadership: the executive director Usama Fayyad gaslights employees during weekly meetings by asking why he wasn't aware of things despite his lack of checking his own emails and he delivers no concrete strategy around how his aspirational sales targets (which he makes up) will be met but laments about the lack of a pipeline. Beyond countless HR inquiries into his behavior and leadership, the University has done nothing. The institute continues to blow through cash. -No products to sell: everything is bespoke and we can't concretely explain what we do because its constantly changing - No culture: no one collaborates, researchers are paid yet we rarely hear grants that were submitted for being won, no one shows up to the office, some leaders don't respond to timely client requests causing delays and making us look sophomoric