Gwynne Shotwell on Aiming High and Taking Big Risks | Stanford Graduate School of Business
The president and COO of SpaceX talks about risk taking, feedback, and leading teams through moments of failure. July 19, 2022 “You face adversity and I think the only way to get through it is to understand the situation and then be honest with yourself. Pick a path and do it and don’t be afraid to say you made a mistake, if you make a mistake.” In this episode of the View From The Top podcast, Gwynne Shotwell, the president and COO of SpaceX, sits down with Christopher Stromeyer, MBA ’22, to discuss putting people on Mars within a decade, her pre-launch ritual, and the value of taking risks. “Aim high. We have always achieved what we wanted to, never in the the timeline. We fail on timeline, but that feels like the right fail to make as oppose to not achieving what you are trying to achieve technically.” "Figure out what the big moments where you can bring your teams together are. It cures a lot of ills. It really helps with morale. It's incredible for team building." In this episode
“You face adversity and I think the only way to get through it is to understand the situation and then be honest with yourself. Pick a path and do it and don’t be afraid to say you made a mistake, if you make a mistake.” In this episode of the View From The Top podcast, Gwynne Shotwell, the president and COO of SpaceX, sits down with Christopher Stromeyer, MBA ’22, to discuss putting people on Mars within a decade, her pre-launch ritual, and the value of taking risks. “Aim high. We have always achieved what we wanted to, never in the the timeline. We fail on timeline, but that feels like…
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