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Spence: Diversity initiatives fail unless directly driven by the CEO
“I think the real issue is in those cases, they've often siloized it or given it as a responsibility to somebody else. When I think this is something that is about talent and about culture and something that the CEO really needs to own and drive.”
Patrick Spence Feb 26, 2021 ▶ 31:54 20VC: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on His Biggest Lessons Building and Growing Blackberry, The Right Way to View Competition and Innovation Cycles & How To Make The Transition From COO To CEO Most Effectively
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Spence: Authentic, vulnerable leadership yields greater results with less mental overhead
“And I've realized there is way more power as a leader in being vulnerable and just being who you are and leading in that way. And it comes with a lot less mental overhead too, in terms of being able to show up like just as yourself.”
Patrick Spence Feb 26, 2021 ▶ 17:44 20VC: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on His Biggest Lessons Building and Growing Blackberry, The Right Way to View Competition and Innovation Cycles & How To Make The Transition From COO To CEO Most Effectively
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Spence: Every tech company must partner with Big Tech platforms
“Every company in tech right now Has to be partnering with the big tech companies, right? Because there's lots of great services there that customers want.”
Patrick Spence Feb 26, 2021 ▶ 28:10 20VC: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on His Biggest Lessons Building and Growing Blackberry, The Right Way to View Competition and Innovation Cycles & How To Make The Transition From COO To CEO Most Effectively
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Spence: Hardware development requires two years and heavy upfront debate
“It's even harder in hardware because you really don't want that many hardware programs that are not going to work. Right. Because it's a two year journey. You've got to get a lot of the details sorted out upfront and a lot of debate has to happen at that point…”
Patrick Spence Feb 26, 2021 ▶ 14:15 20VC: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on His Biggest Lessons Building and Growing Blackberry, The Right Way to View Competition and Innovation Cycles & How To Make The Transition From COO To CEO Most Effectively
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