Feb 22, 2024
Too often in our industry, we want to talk about strategies, processes, and achieving alpha. Today, you are in for a treat if you want to hear more about the importance of self and team awareness, culture, making better decisions, and taking advantage of science and research as we better understand personalities, preferences, and motivations.
Zach Wieder is the Chief Executive Officer of Principles, a company he started with Bridgewater founder and Chairman Ray Dalio. At Principles, he is responsible for building their world-class personality assessment product, PrinciplesYou, that boasts over 2M users, which he built in partnership with world-renowned psychologists Adam Grant and Brian Little. He brings nearly 15 years of experience across management, strategy, operations, and human capital, including 10 years at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, where Zach worked directly with Dalio as Head of People and Culture and oversaw the team responsible for key initiatives related to Bridgewater’s management transition. In the context of his experience at Bridgewater and Principles, he has coached over 1,000 employees as well as advised executive teams at multiple startups and fortune 500 companies to help them achieve their performance and culture goals. Zach received his Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
On today’s episode, Zach shares more about his journey and transition to helping people, teams and organizations improve their level of awareness, collaboration, growth, and having a well-defined culture.