{"id":8888,"date":"2025-11-12T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsinc.com\/publication\/fact-crashing-methodology-prioritize-accelerate-resolve-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:02:29","slug":"the-5-year-old-ceo","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/idsinc.com\/en_gb\/publication\/the-5-year-old-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Year Old CEO: The Power of Childlike Curiosity in Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/idsinc.com\/en_gb\/huntermcmahon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter McMahon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f1f1f1;color:#f1f1f1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The 5-Year-Old CEO<\/em> is a leadership reset for an AI world: curiosity over certainty, questions over performance theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McMahon argues the leaders who win next aren\u2019t louder, they are more curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The 5-Year-Old CEO <\/em>invites leaders to rediscover their childlike curiosity, empathy, and imagination that time tends to erode, but have become indispensable in navigating an AI-driven world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/idsinc.com\/en_gb\/5year-old-ceo\/\" style=\"background-color:#dc6227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get Your Copy<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hunter McMahon The 5-Year-Old CEO is a leadership reset for an AI world: curiosity over certainty, questions over performance theater.\u00a0 McMahon argues the leaders who win next aren\u2019t louder, they are more curious. 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