Emmett Shear

“One of the most dangerous things for a company is achieving your mission because you have to reinvent your mission. You have to reinvent yourself and think bigger.”

“You can come in and you can say one of three things. You can be like, Hey, I'm doing this. FYI. You know, here's my decision. FYI. Here's my, the second one is here's my, here's what I think we should do. Do I have your approval? Right? Maybe it's very risky. …”

“There's, if you want to become a more clear communicator, use the what, why, so what framework. Emmett from Twitch taught me this. So basically it's what happened or what's going to happen. So, you know, if it's past looking, what happened? If it's forward loo…”

“He actually slacked me one time. He was like, Hey, I was out of the blue. He basically slacked me that exact same thing. He was like I wish we were gonna, I wish we'd be able to keep you forever. I don't think that's gonna happen. You know, if you ever do deci…”

“Emmett would always challenge the assumptions of why we're doing it, how much it's going to cost, why it has to take that long, et cetera. And if your logic was not bulletproof, if you were not already maxed out in your thinking of what was possible, You are g…”

“His job fundamentally was like putting out fires and, you know, all problems roll up basically. And like, it's the worst problem. Shit rolls uphill. Yeah, shit rolls uphill. Exactly. It's the worst problems that rolled up past your executive team because they …”