Ignite Startups: How To Use AI for Better Leadership and Feedback with Jared Goralnick | Ep247

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A strange thing is happening inside companies right now. We’ve built more tools to measure performance than ever before—dashboards, OKRs, engagement surveys, quarterly reviews—and yet, ask most employees one simple question: “Do you actually know how to get better at your job?” You’ll get a long pause. That gap—between data and real self-awareness—is exactly where Jared Goralnick decided to build. The Broken System Everyone Accepts For decades, workplace feedback has followed a familiar script: * Fill out a survey * Rate your peers from 1–10 * Add a polite comment * Let your manager “interpret” it On paper, it looks structured. In reality, it’s deeply flawed. The person delivering your feedback often controls your salary, promotion, and role. Which means the entire system is quietly biased from the start. People hold back. Managers filter. And what reaches you is a diluted version of the truth. Jared has seen this from every angle—founder, product leader at Microsoft and LinkedIn, and operator inside large-scale talent systems. His conclusion is simple: Most feedback systems optimize for organizational safety—not personal growth.