Chris Hadley

Commander
DISC Type : D

Founder at Safe Horizon

Oakland, California, United States

Overview

Chris Hadley is the Principal Consultant at Unlock Strategy, specializing in integrating AI systems and automating workflows for small businesses. An empathetic and collaborative leader with a Ph. D. from UCLA, he previously scaled wikiHows global readership to over 100 million monthly users as Vice President of Operations.

Outside of consulting, Chris is a hands-on builder who prefers learning through doing rather than reading manuals. His academic background includes co-authoring research on memory and animal behavior. He maintains an interest in major technology companies like Google and Amazon.

He uses the phrase "hamster work" to describe the repetitive, unsatisfying tasks he aims to eliminate for his clients through automation.

Personality Overview

Very Quick

Decisive

Candid & Clear

They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.  They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Topics They Care About

AI Integration
Helps businesses create reliable solutions using AI models like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT. He personally considers Claude Code to be his daily driver for work.
Workflow Automation
Passionate about eliminating repetitive "hamster work" by building automation solutions that solve real business problems and reduce unsatisfying tasks.
Scaling Content
Draws on his experience driving wikiHow's readership to over 100 million users to help businesses build and optimize their own content engines, now enhanced by AI.

Media Appearances

Chris has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2023
Founder at Safe Horizon
1-2023
Principal at Unlock Strategy
6-2022 - 11-2022
Platform Operations Manager at Forward
6-2016 - 4-2022
Vice President of Operations and Content at wikiHow.com
1-2013 - 6-2016
Head of Operations and Content at wikiHow.com

Education

2000 - 2006
Ph.D. from UCLA
1991 - 1995
B.A. from University of Florida

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Exp : 26 Location : Oakland, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founder at Safe Horizon
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Insights For Selling To Chris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chris is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chris

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chris move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Chris take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Chris

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