Jack Dorsey (Block CEO) and Roelof Botha (Sequoia partner and Block board member) on Rewriting the CEO playbook for the AI era.

• Manager mode = Pyramid (command & control)

• Founder mode = Flat (founders decide fast)

• Dorsey mode = Circle w/ AI at the center, humans at the edge, and decisions flow from customer inputs → AI → humans steering it.

00:00 Existential Dread & Hope.

02:56 AI Replaces Hierarchy.

07:22 Block’s New Three Roles.

26:47 Flattening the Company, Fast.

35:23 Getting the Board to Buy-In, Fast.

36:50 Building a Great Board.

41:29 Founder CEO Lessons.

48:18 Second Acts & Conviction.

56:22 Timeless CEO Traits