
Masters of Scale
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Award-winning business advice from Silicon Valley and beyond. Iconic CEOs, from Nike to Netflix, Starbucks to Slack, share the strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands — and to weather crisis when it strikes.
Our two formats help tell the complete story of how a business grows, survives and thrives, and the mindsets of growth that keep leaders in the game.
On each episode of our classic format, host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, Greylock partner and legendary Silicon Valley investor — proves an unconventional theory about how businesses scale, asking his guests to share their stories of entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, management, fundraising. You’ll hear the human journey too — failures, setbacks, learnings.
From our Rapid Response format, you can expect real-time wisdom from business leaders in fast-changing situations. Hosted by Bob Safian, past editor in chief of Fast Company, these episodes tackle crisis response, rebuilding, diversity & inclusion, leadership change and much more.
Categories: Business
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There's no perfect process for achieving your goals. Accepting that the rules you play by need to be constantly tweaked, hacked or reinvented will open you up to new ways of innovating. Instilling this attitude throughout your organization will help you be boldly differential in your experimentation. Ed Catmull literally wrote the book on creating a dynamic and sustainable creative culture. Drawing on his experience as co-founder of celebrated animation studio Pixar, and president of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ed shares his hard-won insights from his career as a pioneering technologist, animator and storyteller. Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.com/ Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Previous episodes
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444 - 137. Pixar’s Ed Catmull: Throw out your rules Tue, 05 Dec 2023
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443 - Navigating a leadership crisis, w/Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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442 - Remix: Scott Harrison & charity: water, 5 years later Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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441 - 42. Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd: Small changes with big impact Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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440 - GaryVee wants your attention, w/VaynerMedia’s Gary Vaynerchuk Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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439 - 136. Tap into collective genius, w/Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code & Moms First Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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438 - Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean Thu, 09 Nov 2023
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437 - Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics, w/WaitWhat CEO Jeff Berman Tue, 07 Nov 2023
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436 - AI + You | 5 ways to ethically build — and use — AI Tue, 31 Oct 2023
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435 - Gaza in crisis, w/Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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434 - Supporting Palestinian builders versus destroyers, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky Mon, 23 Oct 2023
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433 - On the ground in Israel, w/Hello Heart's Maayan Cohen Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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432 - AI + You | 4 ways to scale your personal growth Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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431 - Under Armour’s pivot to growth, w/CEO Stephanie Linnartz Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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430 - AI + You | 5 steps for impactful experimentation Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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429 - How to revive collaboration at work, with WPP’s Mark Read Thu, 05 Oct 2023
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428 - Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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427 - Mustafa Suleyman: Empathy in AI Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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426 - 4 strategies for tackling the toughest challenges Tue, 19 Sep 2023
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425 - Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk Tue, 12 Sep 2023
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424 - 135. Eileen Fisher: Keep it simple to make it timeless Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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423 - 134. Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity Tue, 29 Aug 2023
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422 - Think like an outsider, w/Shellye Archambeau, Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, and Calendly’s Tope Awotona Tue, 22 Aug 2023
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421 - 133. Ron Howard: Evolve your vision Tue, 15 Aug 2023
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420 - How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Eric Schmidt, Angela Ahrendts, & Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi Tue, 08 Aug 2023
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419 - Leading in an age of burnout, w/Arianna Huffington & Padmasree Warrior Tue, 01 Aug 2023
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418 - 96. Focus on the scale that your customers can’t see, w/Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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417 - Prepare for where AI is headed next, w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian Tue, 18 Jul 2023
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416 - Re-skill for AI, w/PwC’s Tim Ryan Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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415 - 132. Build your culture like a product, w/HubSpot's Dharmesh Shah Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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414 - 4 secrets to building your network Thu, 06 Jul 2023
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413 - Prioritize principles in crisis, w/Upwork’s Hayden Brown and Merck’s Ken Frazier Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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412 - 131. Better metrics for better culture, part 2, with Kapor Capital’s Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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411 - How to inject AI into your core business, w/Smart Eye’s Rana el Kaliouby Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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410 - 130. Better metrics for better culture, part 1, with Kapor Capital’s Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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409 - To be first to the future, be stubbornly nimble Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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408 - Tyler Perry and Netflix's Ted Sarandos: Amplify the untapped audience Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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407 - Make AI your co-pilot, w/Microsoft VP of Design & AI, John Maeda Thu, 08 Jun 2023
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406 - 129. Jimmy Iovine: Harness fear to drive innovation, part 2 Tue, 06 Jun 2023
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405 - 128. Jimmy Iovine: Harness fear to drive innovation, part 1 Wed, 31 May 2023
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404 - Using failure as a launchpad, w/MoviePass’s Stacy Spikes Tue, 23 May 2023
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403 - How the word "no" inspires change, w/Princess Reema Tue, 16 May 2023
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402 - How great leaders respond in a crisis, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Tue, 09 May 2023
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401 - Lessons from the demise of BuzzFeed News, w/CEO Jonah Peretti Thu, 04 May 2023
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400 - ALL-STAR EP: Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi — Bringing a culture back from the brink Tue, 02 May 2023
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399 - ALL-STAR EP: Taskrabbit’s Stacy Brown-Philpot — Keep humans in the equation Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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398 - ALL-STAR EP: Shark Tank and FUBU’s Daymond John — How to partner like a shark Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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397 - ALL-STAR EP: Google's Eric Schmidt — Innovation is managed chaos Tue, 11 Apr 2023
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396 - ALL-STAR EP: Burberry & Apple’s Angela Ahrendts — How to unite a team Tue, 04 Apr 2023
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395 - ALL-STAR EP: Spotify’s Daniel Ek — How to build trust fast Tue, 28 Mar 2023