Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Lead by Example: Master New Tech for Success

21 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker emphasizes that leaders who champion new technology initiatives must become among the most proficient users of that technology within their organization. By mastering the tools they are promoting, leaders can model the desired behavior, directly answer team members’ questions, and effectively drive adoption. The speaker argues that it is insufficient for leaders to simply delegate learning; they need to demonstrate competence to inspire confidence and avoid bottlenecks.

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Leading by example. I've had some experiences where leaders are saying, okay, we need to implement this, and they're not willing to learn it themselves. And so that is something where I think it's actually really critical for leaders to almost be not super users, but they should be some of the most capable users at the company of the new technology, especially if they're the ones spearheading it, just so that they can show by example. And if someone comes and asks them, like, Hey, I don't know how to do this. What's this functionality? You can answer their question. You can't just like, oh, I don't know, ask so-and-so, right?