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Wyatt Meek
Commercial Strategy, AiRISTA Flow
Wyatt Meek leads commercial strategy and execution at AiRISTA Flow, a real-time location services technology firm. A Purdue-trained engineer, he has led multi-year transformations and advised Fortune 500 clients on technology and business strategy. His focus is partner development and customer outcomes.
The co-op that changed his direction
Wyatt started with a mechanical engineering degree, and his path might have looked set. Then a rotational co-op program let him try different engineering disciplines.
That rotation showed him where his interest really lay: the business and commercial side of technology. From then on, he put problem-solving and customer outcomes ahead of purely financial metrics.
Key Takeaways
Define success by impact, not title. Wyatt stepped away from VP-level roles to focus on customer outcomes.
Aim to wake up excited about work that matters.
Ask of every AI initiative: how are we applying it to solve problems that matter?
Draw on multiple leadership models instead of a single mentor.
Psychological safety, and celebrating human impact alongside metrics, shape culture.
Self-reflection needs an anchor. For Wyatt, it's daily running.
Redefining success
Wyatt built his definition of success around impact, continuous learning, and alignment with his values. He acted on it, stepping away from VP-level positions to focus on direct customer outcomes.
His message for professionals stuck in misaligned careers is that real achievement means waking up excited about work that matters.
Leadership learned at home and on the run
Wyatt doesn't follow a prescribed leadership framework. He builds on his own life. Parenthood taught him measured responses and deep listening. Daily running anchors his self-reflection.
He also draws on several leadership models rather than a single mentor, which he says builds empathy that feels real.
Culture, and AI with a purpose
Those lessons show up in how Wyatt runs his team: psychological safety, human impact celebrated alongside the numbers, and real care during hard stretches.
They show up in his view of AI too.
"How are we applying AI to actually solve problems that matter?"
For Wyatt, innovation counts when it's grounded in real business value.
— Wyatt Meek, Ep. 36
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