I I had a chance to visit there a couple of weeks ago and you know, I I take pride that, you know, Khan Academy were super nimble and we're innovating etc. and we're obviously trying to leverage AI for for social good as much as possible. When I visited there, I
It favors two or three on top and nobody else. The nimble are here.
The third insight is that the single most important factor will fail to their nimble competitors leveraging AI, automation, and likely something else we are not even fully aware right now.
that there's investment overseas in those countries, they'd rather just have the European money so they can sink that into their own defense industries which they feel are more nimble and more responsive to the evolving changing threats that they are facing on so many different fronts. And I suppose Alex, back to this theme of of Russian consequences.
We have the cash that we need for now. Let's be nimble . I mean, it wasn't something that we could accelerate in the pace that we wanted at that time. But I think, of course, having these key milestones and staying true to our vision really helped to get to where it is right now.
But somebody told me our advertising was four or five years ago, it was 80% to 90% social media and now it's 50% to 60%. They're nimble . They're looking around the corner.
Yeah. I really do. I think she's nimble . What's the-- is there a dance move that kind of gets you into that, or-- Oh, god.
You had to be strong. You had to be nimble . You had to run, get it going, and then kind of climb up the back of it.
From the loving hand that waters, and waits for the sprout to grow. From the nimble hand that cleans to the rough hand the grinds. From the experienced hand that backs to the vendor's hand that binds.
The world today is moving faster than our management systems are able to adapt and respond. If we want nimble , agile, responsive organizations, how can we make them more responsive? Perhaps-- perhaps we can look at this fundamental social technology and innovate in that area.
They were much slower, but their ability to use the internet to increase their power is greater. The unorganized were more nimble and quick, and the institutions were slower and more effective. And that's where we are today.
It favors two or three on top and nobody else. the fast and nimble -- and when the powerful, the big and ponderous, can make use of the technology.
It's also fitting because a year ago, when I assumed this role, our leaders began to say and have consistently said since that time, "Jen the Federation really needs to be like Google: nimble , adaptive, visionary, a connector to the utmost degree." So I thank you for setting this benchmark for me. I'm currently leading the Federation through a strategic reinvention with you very much in mind.
Now, we were able to use this remote mapping to find these people and to leave them alone, but to find them and enact protection. But you have to be nimble and flexible.
This is like, the exact opposite of everything that I've been taught. And that kept my team pretty nimble .
I mean, it's a lot of work. We want to be able to remain nimble and actually solve the problem rather than perpetuating it.
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And started being more streamlined and more nimble .
call oligarchs became very clever and very nimble at shifting around billions and billions of dollars out of Russia. And the Ministry of Finances being looted and
no stranger to thorough analysis and nimble intuition, turned to me. Pausing for a moment, with that nonjudgmental air of a parent surveying a child's abstract art project, he asked,
So I think that has prepared me to be a pretty nimble cook on the road, I guess you could say.
you can start to navigate the world in really pretty nimble , adept ways.
But you can go so fast and be so nimble and so direct, it's never been a problem.
And so because the team stayed small and nimble and we were very focused-- I think focus for startups is key.
Because we're not the most fast-paced nimble organization on the planet, but there's sort of this balance.
and you know the private sector can be very nimble . I think the question is how are you going to try to ensure some basic level of quality. But frankly that's an issue for some
I think anywhere enterprises can be become more nimble and more exciting and a more contemporary workplace, virtual workplace, for
But at the same time, it's extraordinarily nimble and agile.
I think it is much harder as you get bigger to remain nimble .
you is yeah you guys work quickly yeah in a very very Nimble way so we like to
But actually, it means that you're nimble .
Those are times-- crises are times when short-term thinking actually is important because what you need is to be nimble .
It's designed to be a hyper, instant, nimble way of moving a human, almost like a super hero, around a couple of miles.
And I actually think smaller companies haven't even greater advantage because there can be very nimble and flexible with their structures to accommodate
here was that they've been in a position where they have-- they've tried to stay nimble over the years.
And it sounds like, in the book, for as nimble as they are, Joe Lacob, in the beginning, said he didn't want to come in and make any changes that
Anything we do about diversity will slow us down, will make us less nimble .
So we're like, how can you be a little bit more nimble in today's world?
And we knew that, two, we were adaptable and nimble enough to go down there and find a way to plug in
Third, and last, is companies lost out to more nimble competitors.
It favors two or three on top and nobody else. Does big, slow power beat small, nimble power?
certain reforms we need to make to our legal system to to get the system to be a little bit more Nimble and to make
But in terms of a 1, 2, 3 mile very nimble , very hard to oppose, very precise, any weather kind of magic movement of people,
And I was just at Sephora, and you're all over Sephora. So I'm thinking, as you were going about this with your own funding, very nimble , how did you get Sephora to come on board, to support your brand?
Yeah, so to future proof, it's really about being as nimble -- and I know that sounds like such a cliche, but the way we've set this thing up is we go in with the same
How long? Some people think that, well, Einstein faded in his 40's, because in your 40s your brain isn't as nimble as it was at other times.
And if they don't want to go the route of Kodak and Polaroid, they're really going to have to become much more nimble , much
it's at the state and local levels, too, to make sure that we're being as nimble and flexible and adaptive as we possibly can be,
You position the leader, they're big and fast and slow, and I'm nimble and smart and innovative.
And so, as companies grow, it's very critical that they stay nimble , and so "The Q-Loop" outlines ways that companies in all industries can adapt to that strategy.