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Alignment Is an Operating System, Not a Feel-Good Exercise
From the parking lot of a Planet Fitness to the core of how revenue actually gets made, AJ makes the case that “alignment” is no longer a soft, HR-friendly concept — it is the true operating system of performance in 2026.
In this candid, off-the-cuff episode, he unpacks why culture isn’t your onboarding deck, your values poster, or your careers page — it’s how decisions get made under pressure, how managers lead through uncertainty, and how safe people feel telling the truth before the numbers break.
AJ argues that the real risk in most organizations isn’t the C-suite — it’s a confused middle…
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