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CEO reflects on CTO's power play of reading but not responding to messages

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A tech CEO shared a personal anecdote about their Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has been deliberately ignoring messages for three weeks, despite reading them. The CEO, who promoted the CTO that same morning, reflected on this behavior as a demonstration of power and understanding that many leaders fail to grasp. The CEO admitted to exhibiting similar communication patterns. AI

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a CEO reflecting on a personal experience with their CTO, discussing themes of leadership and power dynamics.

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CEO reflects on CTO's power play of reading but not responding to messages

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    My CTO has not responded to a single message I've sent him in three weeks. He reads them immediately. I can see that. He simply does not reply. I promoted him t

    My CTO has not responded to a single message I've sent him in three weeks. He reads them immediately. I can see that. He simply does not reply. I promoted him this morning. The lesson: a leader who reads everything and responds to nothing has understood something about power that…

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