Most people think global expansion is strategy… but the truth is companies don’t get destroyed by bad strategy — they get destroyed by invisible operational decisions they didn’t know they were making. The only reason Tesla didn’t get burned is because Shan Nair had a repeatable process. → Get the Lighthouse Leadership newsletter + weekly frameworks here Timestamps 0:00 — Introduction 1:30 — Why physics → business logic 7:16 — The Tesla origin moment 9:15 — What companies always get wrong ...
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Most people think global expansion is strategy… but the truth is companies don’t get destroyed by bad strategy — they get destroyed by invisible operational decisions they didn’t know they were making. The only reason Tesla didn’t get burned is because Shan Nair had a repeatable process. → Get the Lighthouse Leadership newsletter + weekly frameworks here Timestamps 0:00 — Introduction 1:30 — Why physics → business logic 7:16 — The Tesla origin moment 9:15 — What companies always get wrong ...
The Turning Point: How Bill Gates Learned Teams Outperform Individuals
Lighthouse Leadership
21 minutes
2 months ago
The Turning Point: How Bill Gates Learned Teams Outperform Individuals
Bill Gates once believed in the myth of the lone genius—that brilliance alone could change the world. But a sharp critique from a NASA engineer, a high-stakes project at TRW, and the collaborative creation of Altair BASIC showed him otherwise. In this episode, Evan Hickok unpacks Gates’ transformation from solo coder to builder of one of the largest organizations on Earth—and the leadership lessons every new manager must learn from his journey. Key Takeaways Brilliance has limits. Gates’ earl...
Lighthouse Leadership
Most people think global expansion is strategy… but the truth is companies don’t get destroyed by bad strategy — they get destroyed by invisible operational decisions they didn’t know they were making. The only reason Tesla didn’t get burned is because Shan Nair had a repeatable process. → Get the Lighthouse Leadership newsletter + weekly frameworks here Timestamps 0:00 — Introduction 1:30 — Why physics → business logic 7:16 — The Tesla origin moment 9:15 — What companies always get wrong ...
