Saving BlackBerry: CEO John Chen Explains How to Make the Hard Calls
Deep Purpose · Harvard Business School Prof. Ranjay Gulati
October 23, 202331m 40s
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Show Notes
John Chen was hired to save an iconic smartphone company that ran out of juice. BlackBerry had gone from being a corporate world must-have to a global has-been. Chen says the key to turning Blackberry around was being prepared to make hard calls, even in midst of uncertainty. He says that, in business, the journey can be more important than the destination.