Nike CEO John Donahoe | The Next Play

Nike CEO John Donahoe and Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman discuss how innovation is a team sport. In the interview, Donahoe discusses the iconic sports retailer's digital transformation in recent years; the lessons learned as a four-time CEO; and his “head coach” mentality to leadership.
This interview is part of Greylock's Iconversations speaker series.
You can read a transcript of this interview here: greylock.com/greymatter/the-next-play/
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Nike in Context
4:58 Lens of Sport
6:52 Earliest Career Interests
10:30 Lessons from Coach K
13:44 Key Mental Mindsets
16:08 Bias for Change
20:17 Hard Decisions
23:20 Team Building
28:49 Nike as a Tech Company
33:00 Role of Boards
37:10 Leadership Style

[@DanielDaniel-lx4ud]

take a shot every time the interviewer nods

[@IIITicTacIII]

Extremely valuable and actionable advice at 33:32

[@wildcatcountry-bigbluenation]

Do you by any chance have a working email address for Mr. Donahoe?

[@OwenRULESSS]

Lol yea they will share it in the TH-cam comments section

[@shubhamgupta_77]

Smart people guess the founder's email address, not ask :)

[@achillemonnet3972]

He is far from the founder

[@CoolBeans193]

@@shubhamgupta_77 most companies have standard formats for employee emails so this is actually not a bad idea lol. unlikely it would work with the ceo but never say never.

[@sanms3533]

nike stock in next 5 year????