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How do you build a high-performance culture without turning your company into the Hunger Games? Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, shares lessons from a career spent rewriting the rules\u2014from severance as a management tool to \u201cbig-hearted champions who pick up the trash.\u201d In this episode, he reveals how Netflix scaled trust, made bold bets before the data was in, and kept its edge by treating employees like adults\u2014not assets. You\u2019ll hear how Hastings evaluates talent beyond the interview, the reason he avoids performance improvement plans, and what most leaders misunderstand about judgment, feedback, and innovation. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also hear why he placed a $100 million bet on House of Cards<\/em> with no pilot, how Drive to Survive<\/em> changed an entire sport, and why Squid Game<\/em> caught even Netflix by surprise. <\/p>\n

Now focused on a new chapter\u2014owning a ski mountain, reshaping education through AI tutors, and supporting charter schools\u2014Hastings is still doing what he does best: building systems that scale culture, not just product. <\/p>\n

If you care about performance without politics\u2014or culture without the clich\u00e9s\u2014this is a blueprint from one of the clearest thinkers in modern business.<\/p>\n

Public Release: June 10.
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Coming soon: YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reed Hastings is the co-founder and chairman of Netflix. From 1998-2020, he served as its CEO.<\/p>\n

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