What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

Colin Bryar joined Amazon in 1998  and spent the next 12 years as part of Amazon's senior leadership team as Amazon grew from a US domestic seller of books to a global, multi-dimensional powerhouse and innovator.  Colin served as a Vice President at Amazon, and for two of his years was "Chief of Staff" to Jeff Bezos, AKA "Jeff's shadow", during which he spent each day attending meetings, traveling with, and discussing business and life with Jeff.   Now Colin is co-founder of Working Backwards LLC where he coaches executives at both large and early-stage companies on how to implement the management practices developed at Amazon.  He is the author of WORKING BACKWARDS: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon.  On this episode Colin discusses what he learned working side by side with Jeff Bezos, the key leadership principles behind Amazon’s success and  some of the behind the scenes secrets that turned Amazon into what it is today!    Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Looking for a job? Checkout Culture Finders today to be matched with your dream company.  MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Josh Clemente is a former SpaceX engineer and now Founder of Levels, which is the metabolic health startup changing the way people live their lives. Prior to Levels, Josh was also on the team at HyperLoop One and is a CrossFit Level 2 trainer. On this episode Josh dives into what he learned working alongside Elon Musk, how the fully remote team at Levels is building a massive business and what he’s learned raising over $12 from investors like Marc Andreessen. Episode Notes Watch on YouTube Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Looking for a job? Checkout Culture Finders today to be matched with your dream company.  MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Jon Oringer is the billionaire Founder and Executive Chairman of Shutterstock, the publicly traded stock media and editing tools provider. In addition to that Jon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and incubating the next wave of entrepreneurs making world changing companies. On this episode Jon talks about his entrepreneurial journey starting 10 companies prior to Shutterstock, how he’s developing the next set of entrepreneurs in Miami and what he looks for in investments. Episode Notes  Watch on YouTube  Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Looking for a job? Checkout Culture Finders today to be matched with your dream company.  MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Steven Kotler, a New York Times bestselling author and peak performance expert, shares insights from his book, The Art of Impossible. He explores how to decode motivation, creativity, and flow—skills once deemed unteachable. Kotler discusses personal growth through challenges, the importance of intrinsic motivation, and mastering the flow state for optimal performance. He emphasizes the balance between skills and challenges while encouraging the exploration of diverse interests. His insights aim to help unleash human potential and achieve seemingly impossible goals.

Erin Meyer is the author of the New York Times bestseller No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention that she cowrote with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Erin is also the author of The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business, and a professor at INSEAD, one of the world’s leading international business schools. In 2019, Erin was selected by the Thinkers50 as one of the fifty most influential business thinkers in the world. On this episode Erin dives deep into the controversial ideologies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Episode Notes Watch on YouTube  Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Looking for a job? Checkout Culture Finders today to be matched with your dream company.  MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Dr. Randall Stutman is a leadership scientist dedicated to exploring the behaviors and routines of extraordinary leaders. Labeled by Goldman Sachs as the most experienced advisor and executive coach on Wall Street, he has served as a Principal Advisor to more than 2,000 Senior Executives, including 400 CEOs. His work as an advisor and speaker has taken him to the White House, West Point, the Olympics, and the Harvard Business School. With a fierce devotion to understanding what makes great leaders great, he is the founder of the Admired Leadership Institute® which is dedicated to uncovering and teaching the uncommon behavioral routines of the world’s best leaders. They offer an online course which Sean has said "Is the best leadership course I've ever taken!" Check it out- Admired Leadership  Dr. Stutman promotes the idea that exceptional leaders engage in the same routines in all aspects of their lives, including in the family, in the office, with friends and colleagues, and with clients. If you’re at all interested in becoming a better leader and let’s face it all of us are leaders then you’ll enjoy this episode! Episode Notes Episode Transcript  Checkout my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere “Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at www.CultureFinders.com MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

As 2020 comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on the incredible episodes from the past year and all that I’ve learned from each conversation. To wrap up this year, I have compiled my Top 10 Takeaways of 2020. Thank you to all the guests, listeners, and supporters for making this the best year yet for What Got You There. -Sean  Episode Notes  Checkout my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere “Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at www.CultureFinders.com MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Geoffrey West is a physicist turned complexity theorist. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, where he served as President from 2005 to 2009. West has been listed as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. He is the author of Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies. In his book Scale (which Sean loves), Geoffrey became fascinated by aging and mortality, and applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science: West found that despite the massive diversity in mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on.  This conversation is certainly going to expand your thinking! Episode Notes Watch on YouTube Checkout my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere “Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at www.CultureFinders.com MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Rory Sutherland is Vice Chairman of one of the world’s most respected advertising agencies Ogilvy & Mather. He is the author of Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life which is one of Sean’s highly recommended books. On this episode Rory will shake your way of thinking by peeling back the curtain to what it’s like inside one of the greatest minds in advertising, consumer psychology and behavioral economics. Episode Show Notes Checkout my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere “Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at www.CultureFinders.com MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/

Frank Slootman currently serves as Chairman and CEO at Snowflake. Frank has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the enterprise software industry. Slootman served as CEO and President of ServiceNow from 2011 to 2017, taking the organization from around $100M in revenue, through an IPO, to $1.4B. Prior to that, Frank served as President of the Backup Recovery Systems Division at EMC following an acquisition of Data Domain Corporation or Data Domain, Inc., where he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President, leading the company through an IPO to its acquisition by EMC for $2.4B. Slootman is a legend in the technology world and on this episode shares the 3 key elements that make up a performance culture, how to cultivate and develop talent and what it’s like taking a business from the brink of death to a billion dollars in sales. Episode Notes Watch The Interview  Checkout my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere “Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at www.CultureFinders.com MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code “WGYT” https://drinksupercoffee.com/