Shantanu Narayen has weathered plenty of storms for Adobe, the iconic software company that earned more than $21 billion in revenue last year. The veteran tech leader talks with host Reid Hoffman about transforming Adobe’s creative tools like Photoshop to a cloud-based subscription, how that unlocked ways to innovate faster, and why those lessons are serving ... Show More
Sep 15
Let’s Kill Sh*t: Axios CEO on simplifying your work-life in the AI era
AI isn't simplifying your life… Yet. It's mass-producing more options, more decisions, and more noise. Axios CEO Jim VandeHei returns to Rapid Response to make the case that the antidote isn't a better productivity app, it's a ruthless, three-part system he calls Confront, Delete ... Show More
32m 51s
Sep 12
Rapid Response: On's 16-year overnight success: Zendaya, Federer, and outrunning competition
On built a $4 billion sports brand in 16 years with a garden hose, a Roger Federer dinner in Zurich, and a young designer who watched a Halloween YouTube video. Co-founder and co-CEO David Allemann joins Rapid Response to explain why the defining decade for On is still ahead, and ... Show More
27m 7s
Jun 2024
Adobe CEO: Creativity, Innovation and Unreasonable expectations
<p>How can setting unreasonable expectations lead to innovation and success? In this episode, Shantanu Narayen, the CEO of Adobe, shares how early mentorship experiences shaped his approach to leadership. Nicolai and Shantanu also discuss the impact of AI on creativity, the found ... Show More
51m 29s
Dec 2021
Leveling Up from Business Intelligence with Forecasting - to Ramprakash Ramamoorthy of Zoho
Our guest this week is Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, Director of AI Research at Zoho Corporation. Based near the Bay Area, Zoho is a firm with over $600M in annual revenue that offers various software products, including CRM, business intelligence solutions, and other products included ... Show More
23m 23s
Apr 2023
Reid Hoffman on Building AI and Other Tech More Responsibly
As a founding board member of PayPal, cofounder of LinkedIn, and a partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Greylock, Reid Hoffman has long been at the forefront of the U.S. tech industry, from the early days of social media to the launch of new artificial intelligence tools like ChatGP ... Show More
34m 39s