My guest today, John Doerr, is a living legend in the world of venture capital.

Time and again, he's been one of the first to identify and invest in some of the most

successful companies of all time, including Amazon and Google.

In addition, his New York Times number one best seller called Measure What Matters, popularized

the management approach known as objectives and key results for OKRs.

Another of those alone would make him an interesting guest, but the truth is that neither

of those are actually the reason that I'm so eager to sit down and talk with him today.

This transition, Steve, to a clean energy economy is not going to be some kind of party.

They're going to be winners and losers, and it's going to be a bumpy and uneven transition.

But the alternative is too discouraging to contemplate.

Welcome to People I Mostly Admire, with Steve Levitt, winner of Ad Week's best interview

podcast of 2021.

The real reason I want to talk to John Doerr is that in his new book entitled Speed

and Scale, he's put together a plan that lays out exactly what needs to be done if the

world is through the zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

It is an extortation or moralizing, it's a pragmatic roadmap.

While these governments are pledging to become carbon neutral, but they don't explain

how they'll do it, John Doerr actually has a plan.

So you've written a book called Speed and Scale, which lays out a comprehensive plan

to tackle climate change, and I want to get into the details of the plan later, but just

to start, what's your outlook on the climate crisis?

I think my favorite quote from the whole book comes from the philanthropist and activist

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