Merav Yanai spent 30 years watching companies fail their managers, and she finally did something about it.
She's an HR executive who moved to operations after an acquisition, led a major merger across US and Israeli teams, then left corporate to found Leap, an AI tool that gives mid-level managers the real-time thinking partner most of them never get: private, in the flow of work, available when the actual problem shows up.
In this episode, Merav and I go deep on career transitions, the psychology of leading out of your depth, and what the AI revolution is really demanding from managers right now.
You'll hear:
Why Merav walked into her operations team in week one and named the elephant in the room out loud — and what happened next
The "power of not knowing" mindset she uses every time she steps into unfamiliar territory
What nobody warns you about when you make a career move: you lose your identity, your authority, and your confidence, and you have to rebuild all three
Why 70% of managers still learn by trial and error — and what Merav built to change that
How Robin (Leap's AI agent) works differently from ChatGPT, Gemini, or any general-purpose LLM
The question Robin asked her, which she couldn't answer at first, was: "How would you change your behavior to get a different result?"
Early results: 12% faster decision-making, 30% improvement in strategic thinking
Whether AI will make coaching and mentoring redundant (short answer: no, but the role shifts)
Guest: Merav Yanai, founder of Leap (myleap.ai), former VP HR and Operations executive
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