Liz Tran
Author, AQ
Liz Tran’s mission is to help people of all backgrounds reach their greatest potential. She is an executive coach to the CEOs and leaders of some of the world’s fastest-growing companies, and she is the founder of an AI coaching startup, Inner Genius. Collectively, her clients have raised over $1 billion in funding and created over $10 billion in enterprise value.
Liz is the author of the new book AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That’s Always Changing and of The Karma of Success. Her work has been featured by Today, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and other outlets. She lives with her husband and daughters in New York City and Norfolk, Connecticut.
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Feb. 24, 2026
The End Of History Illusion
In this episode, we explore a new dimension of intelligence for navigating our rapidly-changing world. We start with the story of Hiroo Onoda, a soldier whose unwavering commitment to a mission long after its context had vanished becomes a powerful metaphor for how rigidity can keep us stuck. We dive deep into "AQ"—Agility Quotient—with Liz Tran, founder of AQ Learning Lab and author of AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing . Liz breaks down why AQ matters now more th...
Guest: Liz Tran