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Podcast appearances and press coverage featuring Logan Yonavjak and the Readiness Engine.
Why do most companies fail? Not strategy. People. These are the conversations where we unpack what leadership readiness actually looks like—and why measuring it matters for founders, investors, and the teams they build.
Some earlier appearances reference our prior name, Founder Readiness Institute. We now operate as Readiness Engine.
Workforce Alchemy Magazine · Press
By Logan Yonavjak · June 1, 2026
“Roughly 40% of new executives fail within 18 months — and most were promoted on résumés and gut feel. Logan Yonavjak on the six measurable dimensions of leadership readiness, why coachability matters more than grit, and how charisma bias distorts who gets the next level.”
GrepBeat · Press
By Michael Melton · January 27, 2026
“Why are 9 out of 10 companies failing? Sixty-five percent of them are failing because of people problems. Founder Readiness Institute uses AI-analyzed video interviews to assess founders across six constructs—including coachability, emotional intelligence, and resilience.”
Recent conversations on founder readiness, leadership diagnostics, and the future of people analytics.
Opening Pathways
Hosted by Opening Pathways · May 30, 2026
A conversation on reading founder readiness from real work — and why capacity, not credentials, is the signal that matters.
Wildfire Tales
Hosted by Wildfire Labs · May 30, 2026
Why investors anchor on people, why almost none of them measure that anchor structurally, and what changes when capacity gets surfaced before the bet.
The Mason Duchatschek Show
Hosted by Mason Duchatschek · Apr 20, 2026
A deep dive into the six core dimensions that define leadership readiness — and how the Readiness Engine measures them through real-work language patterns.
The Partnership Playbook
Hosted by Phil Hayes-St Clair · Apr 11, 2026
How a founder's coachability, resilience, and self-awareness directly impact startup success—and why most failures trace back to people, not product.
The Digital Diaries
Hosted by Peter Woods · Mar 30, 2026 · 42 min
Leadership capacity is how you think, behave, and act under pressure over time. A deep dive on behavioral science, people analytics, and reducing bias in hiring.
Arthur's Round Table
Hosted by Arthur Andrew Bavelas · Feb 9, 2026 · 46 min
Impact investing meets leadership dynamics. Why 65% of companies fail due to people problems, and how AI-enhanced assessments are reshaping the investor playbook.
Next Round Ready
Hosted by Chris Hines · Feb 9, 2026 · 23 min
Founder readiness, hiring, and risk management from the investor's lens—why internal people problems drive most startup failures and how to evaluate for them.
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