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45:28Lessons from Big Corporate to FounderAl Elliott: You've worked for huge, huge organizations. You've worked for organizations that I believe IPO'd. And now I sense that you've got your— well, I know you've got your own consultancy and I sense that some of yoEP 321 · 23 Jul 2026·interview· 45:28–48:1333:09What Richard tried that didn't workAl Elliott: I want to make you a little more uncomfortable by saying it didn't work. So tell us all the things that you tried that just didn't work Richard Clarke: I was obsessed when we started the company. I just wanteEP 317 · 9 Jul 2026·interview· 33:09–35:4757:53Biggest lessons and meaning of successLeanne Elliott: Yeah. What is the biggest lesson you've learned over the last 20 years? Al Elliott: Ooh, maybe it's just as simple as always do what you say you're gonna do. I think that's probably it because in almost aEP 304 · 26 May 2026·other· 57:53–64:0511:30Lessons from Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-ADustin Hillis: Well, in the book I tell the story of meeting Dan Cathy and getting to go to breakfast with him and interview him, and it was incredible. So it was a rainy day. I went into Chick-fil-A. The guard met me inEP 267 · 15 Jan 2026·interview· 11:30–14:4436:06What *not* to do — personal mistakes from a dozen companiesAl Elliott: Yeah Dustin Hillis: I don't know one. Like, I can't. And I know hundreds. Like, I know hundreds and hundreds of people that, that have started their own business, successfully run their own business. Every siEP 267 · 15 Jan 2026·interview· 36:06–46:5727:22Lessons from Enterprise Rent-A-CarEric Stone: Such an important question. Yes. So, I learned so many lessons to this day of one thing I tried to do, to your point, was whether it was a new hire lunch where I would get to learn about specific hobbies or aEP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 27:22–29:3941:54Recruitment lessons from the sidelinesLeanne Elliott: I love that you mentioned recruitment. Ugh, ugh. I just don't, it's not, it's the, you know, I don't understand how any conversation about leadership or culture can be had without a conversation about recEP 179 · 13 Mar 2025·interview· 41:54–43:3937:15Lessons from YouTubeBruce Daisley: Yeah, it's a long time since I worked there, but I think, you know, the interesting thing I would say about YouTube is that it's, in the whole time it's existed really, it's never stepped up and owned the EP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 37:15–39:0646:55Sir Cary's biggest lesson on workplace cultureLeanne Elliott: Exactly. Exactly Al Elliott: So before I ask my final question to ask you, um, ask you where people can find out a bit more about you, I'm guessing they can go into Amazon, type your name in, and with 200EP 160 · 7 Jan 2025·other· 46:55–51:3847:26The five big takeaways from this conversationAl Elliott: Don't. Don't grow up. Never grow up. So this is what we've learned so far from this episode. First up, and this really surprised me, both our guests, despite being generations apart, said exactly the same thiEP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 47:26–49:3540:08Advice to 25-year-old HarryAl Elliott: Let's get on to my favourite bit, the lessons learned when building an organisation from the ground up. We'll get back into the interview where Leanne did a great job of finding out what went well and what diEP 129 · 19 Sept 2024·interview· 40:08–45:2958:475 lessons from an hour with StellaLeanne Elliott: Me too Al Elliott: You sounded really sad when you said that, like it's never gonna happen Leanne Elliott: I know, it's almost overEP 33 · 5 Apr 2023·other· 58:47–66:2676:30Top 3 takeawaysAl Elliott: What a story. The fact that they— he's still living with his parents, although not working anymore, but still living with his parents. I stand and applaud at that. Anyway, so Stephen says there are 5 Ps to suEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 76:30–78:395:09Lessons from sports teams for businessAl Elliott: Yeah, that's a great question, and something I actually talk about fairly often with folks who are managers on my team. I think within sports, there's a lot of clarity around your goals as a team, like what aEP 23 · 25 Jan 2023·other· 5:09–7:13
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