The main purpose of having 60 direct reports and discussing the problems in front of everyone was to make everyone learn the thought process. Jensen believes CEOs should spend most of their time to cultivate new leaders👇

Nvidia keeps crushing because Jensen runs it unlike other CEOs: - No 1:1s - No 1 or 5-year plans - No status reports - 60 direct reports Once you see why he does it, you can't unsee it And it explains everything wrong with the traditional way of running a company🧵

Jensen points out the more direct reports the CEO has, the fewer layers in the company. And when you have 60 people in the room who know what moves the needle for the company, it unleashes faster speed.

Jensen also avoids status updates as he believes they often lose their "ground truth" (original essence) before it reaches him. Instead, people at Nvidia can email him their "Top five things" regarding whatever is at the top of their mind. He reads 100s of these every morning.

And this style of leadership has given a LOT of breakthrough products for Nvidia 👇

The only reason he can run Nvidia this way is because he understands level 5 delegation. - Direct communication with ground staff - Extreme autonomy and responsibility

At level 5 delegation, your core focus is creating a culture where your team does their life's work. And that starts with empowering people, and solving complicated problems.

Here's what Nvidia's culture looks like with Jensen Huang's hands-on leadership style:

Nvidia’s numbers are so huge, it’s mind melting. In it's latest quarter, they generated $35B in revenue, averaging $211.2M in daily net profit That’s ~$1 billion in profit every week. A result of Nvidia's decade long culture (and of course right time/place with AI wave)

Delegating at scale is only possible when the right people are empowered with all the knowledge that you have and the authority to make decisions. That is why open access to information and decision-making is important. And Nvidia's growth is a living proof.

Most founders get in their own way of delegating because they don't have their personal tasks sorted. When you don't have an assistant, YOU'RE the assistant. That's why I started a company to help ambitious founders and execs with exactly this.

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