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NVIDIA CEO reveals managing 60 direct reports without one-on-one meetings. Is this a fad or a new best practice? ?? Imagine the title of a business success book: "Organizing in the age of AI: How successful companies challenge conventional wisdom." Quite the read! #fooledbysuccess #fooledbyrandomness #businesssuccess Alex Edmans Watch more insights here: [Link to YouTube video]

Top 6 management strategies from today's article on Nvidia's CEO - Jensen Huang. 1. Foster Transparency Through Direct Communication - T5T (Top 5 things) emails 2. Flatten Hierarchies to Amplify "Edge Signals" 3. Replace Bureaucracy with Adaptable Feedback Systems 4. Lead by Engagement, Not Prescription 5. Stay Accessible and Connected 6. Relentless Focus on Organizational Learning

#Nvidia CEO & Founder Jensen Huang's keynote at #Computex 2024 was a masterclass in #publicspeaking. Anyone hoping to refine their communications skills should study this talk. My breakdown: 1) Stage Presentation Donning his signature black leather jacket, Huang commanded the stage with great ease and charisma. He moved freely and deliberately. His unhurried style made the audience feel safe and that all they hade to do to listen to him. 2) Humor Huang skillfully used jokes at different points to perk up the flow of the speech. His playfulness stoked warmth and narrowed the gap between him and the audience. He also made fun of his own Chinese and used it to highlight the power of AI when he revealed the Chinese-speaking Jensen on the video was actually "Jensen AI." 3) Tones, pauses and fluctuations Huang annunciates his words clearly. Even with a slight accent, it is easy to understand Huang when he speaks in Mandarin or Taiwanese. He is also masterful at using various speed to capture attention. 4) Preview, Present, Review The architecture of a great speech contains three key components - preview, present, review. At the start of his talk, Huang laid out the three topics that he was going to speak on. He spent the bulk of his speech elaborating on each points. ?To conclude, he summarized up his 2-hour talk by using a few key phrases. 5) Eye-ball grabbing visuals Even if you watched the speech without the volume, the visual assets were enough to give you a good idea what the talk was about. His use of timeline, videos, graphs, animations, charts really made it easier to grasp a general but accurate understanding of a complex topic. 6) Facts and Figures The most persuasive element of Huang's talk was his frequent use of numbers to support his arguments and underscore the superiority of his products. For example, 100x speed up but only increase the power by a factor of 3 and the increase of cost is 50%. (27:01-27:13). 7) Catch Phrase Almost all great speeches have a powerful and memorable catch phrase and for Huang, it was "The more you buy, the more you save." 8) New News Nvidia put out 15 press releases the day of Huang’s talk. During his presentation, Huang also added a few other newsy bits including Blackwell Ultra and the Rubin platform. Even though it was pouring rain outside and the talk cuts into Sunday dinner time, he made the audience feel listening to him was time well-spent. 9) Authenticity and Humility Huang started out his talk by thanking his Taiwanese partners . He showed a slide that features Taiwan in the center surrounded by names of all of Nvidia’s partners in the country. The same slide was shown again at the end of his speech. The ending video was a sincere tribute to all his Taiwanese partners. The whole talk ended on a upbeat and warm note. #PR #executivecoaching #publicrelations #mediatraining #corpcomms WATCH:

CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang doesn't do 1-1's and has 60 direct reports ?? It's been called out as not best practice. He doesn't think so. His reasoning is: 1. everyone should hear what's going on; nothing should be for only one person 2. everyone should learn from feedback; learning from others mistakes is powerful 3. having 60 direct reports removes layers from the hierarchy from the organisation It's a pretty radical way to do things. It actually reminds me of Ray Dalio's radical transparency approach. And as I was listening, it made sense. Maybe we are doing it wrong? Maybe we need to be fostering cultures where updates and feedback are transparent. Where "failures" are learning opportunities for all. Where people are empowered with information first hand. I don't think anyone would say that's not what they are trying to achieve. But maybe the close door 1-1 is not the way to get there? Interesting nonetheless! Maybe there is even some tech out there to support this?!? What do you think? Should this be best practice? Let me know in the comments. Long interview here: https://lnkd.in/g-a_BtWK Short clip of the above section here: https://lnkd.in/gTBRp_ze

Interesting approach ?? given the number of challenges and issues that can be traced back to inefficient communication or lack of transparency, this is definitely something to dive into for leaders all around ?? Any opinions on this?

Staying Ahead by Spotting Weak Signals Early I just read a fascinating article about about Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. He has a remarkable approach to staying connected with his organization: he reads daily “Top-5 Things” (T5T) emails from employees at all levels of the company. This decades-old practice allows him to detect “weak signals” early—trends or concerns that might not yet be on the radar of senior executives. By bypassing traditional reports and accessing unfiltered insights from the front lines, Huang has fostered a culture of transparency and agility. This practice has been instrumental in Nvidia’s evolution into a trillion-dollar powerhouse at the forefront of AI technology. As product managers, we can adapt this lesson to our organizations by creating direct feedback channels that surface raw, actionable insights. Encourage your team to share what’s on their mind—whether it’s new opportunities, emerging risks, or even a great new idea. The key is to listen for patterns in these signals before they escalate into crises or transform into missed opportunities. Prioritizing information from the “edges” of your organization. The sooner you recognize a weak signal, the sooner you can act.

Interesting concept regarding 1:1.

Interesting logic for not doing 1:1 with DRs.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s Special Address at AI Summit India Some key takeaways: - software engineering is shifting from human to machine: "we are essentially designing a universal function approximator using machines to learn the expected output that would produce such a function" - Moore's law has been disrupted: from doubling the number of transistors every two years to a computational gain of 4x every year (a combination of increasing the amount of data and model size)