- Always re-evaluating based on changing business and market conditions (helpful when AI is developing at the pace that it is)
This org is optimized for (1) attracting amazing people, (2) keeping the team as small as it can be, and (3) allowing information to travel as quickly as possible.
So glad you enjoyed it, and great to hear I was able to pull that off! Nvidia is definitely the most technical company weโve looked, and I was a little worried it might lose folks. Thanks a ton for reading ๐
Thank you sir! And great choice of word...inspiring...I certainly felt that way learning about Jensen and their story too. And thanks for sharing this out on Notes, much appreciated โบ๏ธ
"What the hell are you { mom} talking about" , is here to say that this is exceptional! Your deep dives just get better. Next: how to breathe under water. What an insightful, masterful excavation.
Even though your support is unconditional, so glad to hear youโre enjoying them! Also, if you havenโt watched โI think you should leaveโ on Netflix, itโs excellent.
Just saw this post on LI by Dan Hockenmaier that adds more color to Jensen, and some straight up useful takeaways.
[I quote Dan below]
The way that Jensen Huang runs Nvidia makes you question everything we think we know about how a company should operate:
๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ 40 ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ 1:1๐ฌ
- Believes that the flattest org is the most empowering one, and that starts with the top layer
- Does not conduct 1:1s - everything happens in a group setting
- Does not give career advice - "None of my management team is coming to me for career advice - they already made it, they're doing great"
๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ "๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ"
- Doesn't use status updates because he believes they are too refined by the time they get to him. They are not ground truth anymore.
- Instead, anyone in the company can email him their "top five things" with whatever is top of mind, and he will read it
- Estimates he reads 100 of these everyone morning
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐
- No meetings with just VPs or just Directors - anyone can join and contribute
- "If you have a strategic direction, why tell just one person?"
- "If there is something I don't like, I just say it publicly"
- "I do a lot of reasoning out loud"
๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ
- No 5 year plan, no 1 year plan
- Always re-evaluating based on changing business and market conditions (helpful when AI is developing at the pace that it is)
This org is optimized for (1) attracting amazing people, (2) keeping the team as small as it can be, and (3) allowing information to travel as quickly as possible.
--end quote
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-hock_the-way-that-jensen-huang-runs-nvidia-makes-activity-7107373520761884672-w-vJ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Amazing!
this is meaty AF! Despite the topic being a technical nightmare to understand (i am no tech-head) you made the subject so easy to grasp!
it certainly didnt feel like *just* 30 hours of research. it felt like more!
Thanks, Jaryd!
So glad you enjoyed it, and great to hear I was able to pull that off! Nvidia is definitely the most technical company weโve looked, and I was a little worried it might lose folks. Thanks a ton for reading ๐
I thought that too! haha
But you managed to pull it off!!
...incredible Jaryd and super inspiring...bravo...
Thank you sir! And great choice of word...inspiring...I certainly felt that way learning about Jensen and their story too. And thanks for sharing this out on Notes, much appreciated โบ๏ธ
"What the hell are you { mom} talking about" , is here to say that this is exceptional! Your deep dives just get better. Next: how to breathe under water. What an insightful, masterful excavation.
Even though your support is unconditional, so glad to hear youโre enjoying them! Also, if you havenโt watched โI think you should leaveโ on Netflix, itโs excellent.