Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Tech blindspots and the key lesson that changed how he leads

Update: 2024-05-16

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As Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith leads a team of professionals across business, legal and corporate affairs, tackling issues that stand at the crossroads of technology and society. In this wide-ranging discussion recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos, he shares how these issues have shaped his thoughts on innovation and how they have informed his book and podcast Tools & Weapons. The 30-year Microsoft veteran also shares the career lessons that have changed him, how he leverages AI in his everyday work, why he thinks leaders must learn to be better storytellers and the tech blindspots they'd do well to avoid.

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Tech blindspots and the key lesson that changed how he leads

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Tech blindspots and the key lesson that changed how he leads