Jibran Kutik (Disney)

About this Episode

In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Jibran talk about:

• Is art school a weird starting point for a designer?
• Vowing to never work on web sites (lol)
• Having an unusually good experience in the gaming industry
• Getting the full "I moved to SF for a startup and it shut down as soon as I got there" experience
• Accusations of being responsible for LinkedIn "Stories" ;)
• When companies don't grow their own leaders
• A good manager tells you when you need to leave to move forward
• Bombshell: leaving the SFBA for a startup in the Midwest!
• Bringing design practices into the insurance industry -- with humility
• Growing up as a leader alongside the company
• Partnering with a new-to-tech HR org to build a hiring pipeline
• Enjoying interviewing candidates
• What an awesome resource the Rands Leadership Slack is
• Constant disagreement with everybody ;)
• Kendall's argument-winning fantasies
• An amazing lesson learned at the right time
• Asking for clear direction, transparency works both ways
• [We are not sponsored by The Morning Show on AppleTV+]
• Understanding motivation as a way to communicate leadership decisions you don't agree with
• Being into old cars and how that is a bit of an outlier for a progressive/socialist-leaning person :)

You can find Jibran on Twitter as @jkutik :)

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3