Learnings from Leaders: the P&G Alumni Podcast David Taylor, P&G former CEO & Daniel Dippold, EWOR CEO — P&G Alumni Global Conference (Berlin 2025)
Nov 1, 2025
In this enlightening talk, David Taylor, former P&G CEO with four decades of leadership experience, joins Daniel Dippold, CEO of EWOR and serial entrepreneur. They explore redefining leadership in uncertain times, emphasizing the need for clarity over certainty. Taylor shares insights on P&G's response during COVID, while Dippold discusses using mathematical frameworks for entrepreneurial decision-making. The duo also dives into sustaining rejection in startups and the essential balance of trust and rigor in effective leadership. Humility shines as a common theme.
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Clarity Beats False Certainty
- Leaders cannot give certainty but must provide clarity during uncertainty.
- Use a growth mindset to treat crises as catalysts for positive change.
Think In Functions And Power Laws
- Math frames business problems as functions and clarifies trade-offs.
- Understanding power-law returns lets you focus resources on outlier winners.
Blend AI With Human Judgment
- Combine algorithmic similarity search with human interviews to screen many applicants.
- Use AI to accelerate analysis but keep final judgment human and intuition-led.