#04: Tony Xu, Doordash Cofounder & CEO—Break Problems Into Detailed Pieces
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world. |
| 0:11.0 | I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple that you can apply as you develop into a better leader. |
| 0:19.0 | That's what this podcast is all about. |
| 0:21.8 | Today's guest is Tony Shue, the co-founder and CEO of DoorDash. |
| 0:27.0 | Now, getting a nice, tasty burrito delivered to your door may seem very, very straightforward. |
| 0:33.6 | But really, when you think about all the moving parts, you've got fenders and drivers, logistics, |
| 0:39.7 | traffic, weather, technology. Well, there's just a lot of places where problems can pop up. |
| 0:46.1 | But you know what? Tony and his team love to solve those problems. And they do it by breaking |
| 0:51.9 | them down to the smallest details. so they really get clear on what's |
| 0:56.6 | happening. At DoorDash, Tony is creating a culture of action and ownership, whereas people have both the |
| 1:03.3 | skills and the attitude they need to really dig into details. To be totally honest, we leaders sometimes overlook those nitty-gritty |
| 1:13.1 | details, and boy, can they come back to bite you, because we never get the full understanding |
| 1:18.9 | and clarity that we really need to solve the problem. Great leaders have to deal in reality, |
| 1:25.3 | and sometimes the reality, unfortunately, is really detailed. |
| 1:31.7 | Tony is a great leader who has the curiosity and hard work it takes to break problems down into |
| 1:38.3 | detailed pieces, and there's a lot we can learn from them. So here's my conversation with my good friend |
| 1:45.1 | and soon to be yours, Tony Shue. |
| 1:52.6 | Tony, I wanna thank you so much |
| 1:54.0 | for taking the time to chat with us. |
| 1:55.8 | Well, it's great to be with you, David. |
| 1:57.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:58.1 | Tony, with this lockdown, you know, |
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