Future of Business: Reid Hoffman on Managing Technological Change and Innovation

HBR IdeaCast

Harvard Business Review

Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Communication, Marketing, Business, Business/management, Management, Business/marketing, Business/entrepreneurship, Innovation, Hbr, Strategy, Economics, Finance, Teams, Harvard

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Reid Hoffman is one of the most prominent and recognizable voices in Silicon Valley, and after predicting some of the biggest trends that have shaped our world in the last 25 years, he is sharing his thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence. In this interview with HBR Editor in Chief Adi Ignatius, Hoffman shares his approach to managing technological change and innovation, explains why he thinks generative AI won't destroy jobs, and imagines how these new tools will transform our world. Spoiler: It's all about managing technological change and innovation the right way. Previously, Hoffman founded or co-founded PayPal, Inflection AI, and LinkedIn, where he served as CEO and is now its executive chairman. He’s also an active early-stage investor at Greylock Partners, host of the Masters of Scale and Possible podcasts, and author of the forthcoming book Superagency.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the HBO Ideacast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard.
0:15.0	Starting today we're bringing you a special series of interviews with some of the world's leading tech CEOs and founders.
0:28.0	We'll hear their perspectives on artificial intelligence and other critical issues,
0:33.0	from sustainability to change management to talent.
0:36.0	Look for a new special episode of this future of business series
0:40.0	dropping in your feed for the next three Thursdays
0:42.0	through November 21st.
0:45.0	To start, we'll hear from Reed Hoffman, one of the most prominent and
0:49.6	recognizable voices in Silicon Valley. He created or co-created several successful businesses
0:54.9	including PayPal, LinkedIn where he served as CEO and is now executive chairman
0:59.4	and Inflection AI. He's also an active early stage investor at Greilock Partners,
1:05.7	host of the Masters of Scale Podcast,
1:08.0	author of the forthcoming book Super Agency,
1:10.7	and a sought-after expert on everything from AI to the American political scene.
1:17.8	We invited Reed to our recent virtual future of business conference to talk about why he advocates
1:22.4	for certain issues and
1:23.4	candidates, how he manages technological change in innovation, and what a world
1:28.1	transformed by Generative AI will look like. He was interviewed by
1:32.6	HPR's editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius who also shared a few
1:36.2	questions from the audience. We hope you enjoy their conversation. I want to just start with the situation we're in. I mean I think most of us feel this is a tumultuous time in terms of technological change, politics, civility, you name it.
2:02.1	I'd love your sense on how business leaders
2:05.2	can best respond to this moment of uncertainty.
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