How to set the drumbeat, w/LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 15 November 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Every leader has to set the drumbeat for their company — the culture, mission, and values that get the entire team in sync. And the rhythm has to be true to them. Jeff Weiner is a master at this. When he was the CEO of LinkedIn, Jeff grew users from 33 million to 660 million, and grew revenue to more than $7 billion. His drumbeat? Compassionate management. Cameo appearances by: Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend), Monica Worline (Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education), and Keesa Schreane (host, "You've Been Served").
Chris Tomson is a drummer, singer, and songwriter best known as the drummer of indie rock band Vampire Weekend. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Dams of the West, and cohost of the podcast The Road Taken.
Monica Worline, PhD, is CEO of EnlivenWork. She’s the co-author of Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power that Elevates People and Organizations.
Keesa Schreane is Global Partner Director at Refinitiv and the host and executive producer of Refinitiv Sustainability Perspectives and the host of the podcast You’ve Been Served.
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| 0:36.0 | To build a drumbeat 101, the most basic pulse of a lot of popular Western music would be the four on the floor on the kick drum. |
| 0:45.0 | You kind of build from there. |
| 0:46.0 | Then you'd bring that snare backbeat in. |
| 0:49.0 | Probably gonna add some high hat stuff. |
| 0:59.0 | That's Chris Thompson, drummer for the indie rock band Vampire Weekend. |
| 1:04.0 | That four on the floor beat is one that all drummers know well. |
| 1:08.0 | It's the gateway rhythm to more complex beats. |
| 1:11.0 | But it's also one drummers keep coming back to and Chris is no exception. |
| 1:18.0 | How was that? He's relied on the four on the floor since the very beginning of Vampire Weekend in 2006. |
| 1:27.0 | Well, almost the very beginning. |
| 1:30.0 | The first couple of rehearsals that Vampire Weekend ever had, which were in some dorm rooms in Colombia. |
| 1:35.0 | I was supposed to be the guitarist, |
| 1:38.0 | and that ended up not happening mainly |
| 1:41.0 | because we couldn't find a drummer. |
| 1:42.0 | That's right. Chris first joined the... happening mainly because we couldn't find a drummer. |
| 1:43.0 | That's right. Chris first joined the band to be the guitarist, but when the band was in need of a drummer? |
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