The Knowledge Project Clips

"I got a 10% chance that we actually get the company back."⁣ ⁣ Greg Brockman on The Knowledge Project

"Blame flows upwards. Credit should flow downward."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"So many people were trying to sign the petition at once. It actually crashed Google Docs."⁣ ⁣ Greg Brockman on The Knowledge Project

"You can't let those moments pull you off course."⁣ ⁣ Greg Brockman on The Knowledge Project

"If you don't understand the business down to where the rubber meets the road, you can make decisions at the top which are not implementable."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"If you wanna do better at Costco, walk the store with me."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"Don't ever say the data is not available. Say you didn't look hard enough."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"I had to make sure Larry realized that I'm gonna respect him even more if he was now my hire."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"If something goes wrong, the blame is yours. If it goes well, give it to the team."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"We spent a lot of time on survival tasks that people here didn't have to think about."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"You don't get to be CEO by being the perfect mom, the perfect wife, the perfect everything. You do the best you can."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"Be ultra careful about post merger integration in people because the cost of failure is very high."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"People come out of performance appraisals saying, I think I'm doing a good job. And you're going, oh my god."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"There's nothing called balance. It's juggling all those roles and hoping the most important balls don't fall and crash and burn."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"I hate it." Then a joke. Then clarity on what good looks like.⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"Understand the politics, but don't play in the politics."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"If you choose to work from home, your promotional opportunities may be limited."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"Sometimes selfishly, I look at this and say, I'm actually better off if this person goes and gets this completely different experience because I can bring them back."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"Some people say CEOs should be careful not to micromanage. I agree. What I was focused on was micro understanding."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project

"Don't just say we should have power of one. Talk about what it's gonna take to implement it. Understand where it could be derailed, anticipate it."⁣ ⁣ Indra Nooyi on The Knowledge Project