Fortune 500
part of Fortune
5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2021 by Doug Conant · said 16 times in 11 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Shane Parrish (6), Brad Jacobs (4), Doug Conant (2), Andrew Wilkinson (2), James Clear (1), George Stalk Jr. (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2025 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Fortune 500, oldest first
Aug 24, 2021
Conant: Gallup found Campbell Soup had worst Fortune 500 employee engagement
“We started tracking employee engagement every year with Gallup, and when we first did it, the year one Gallup said, this is the worst we've ever seen in a Fortune 500 company. This is horrible. We had an engagement ratio of Which is how many people are engaged…”
Mar 19, 2024 negative
Jacobs: Most Fortune 500 board meetings are scripted wastes of time
“Most Fortune 500 company board members, board meetings, are kind of, they're very scripted, and sometimes they even rehearse. And there's a careful It's a story that's being told by management, and it's done by PowerPoint, it's done by rehearsed presentations …”
Jul 29, 2025 neutral
Jul 29, 2025 positive
Aug 4, 2026 negative
Jacobs: Most Fortune 500 board meetings are scripted wastes of time
“Most Fortune, 500 company Board members, board meetings, are kind of, they're very scripted, and they sometimes even rehearsed, and there's a careful It's a story that's being told by management, and it's done by PowerPoint, it's done by rehearsed presentation…”