The founder's story.
Learned the painful way
I believe technology and product should serve people and businesses. Too often, companies spend heavily on software and never see the benefit they expected. I have spent my career helping leaders turn technology investment into a concrete result.
Old organizational structures and top-down management also fail in volatile conditions. I believe companies work better when people have room to see problems and respond.
I learned that lesson by getting it wrong.
I made mistakes while building my leadership team. I failed to give them the tools to see what was happening and build sound processes. Opinion began to outweigh evidence, and conversations about numbers became emotional.
I lost money and authority. Some of the decisions I made while working blind still bother me. I now help other leaders avoid that position.
I don't want another leader to end up there.
Empowered Intelligence comes from knowing what it is like to run an organization without a clear view of what is happening. Working that way cost me money and damaged the trust people placed in me.
Leaders need facts they can act on. We are building Empowered Intelligence to give them that view, and EmpoweredHouse to build what the facts call for.
Karol Wojtaszek, founder