Leadership Next

Hacking the CEO Job: Drew Houston on Reinvention and Leadership


Listen Later

In this episode, Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston joins Leadership Next to share how he's reimagining work in the age of AI. He traces Dropbox’s evolution—from solving file-syncing in the early cloud era to launching Dropbox Dash, a new AI-powered search and knowledge-management tool. Houston reflects on the hard lessons from failed ventures into email and photo apps, the pressures of self-disruption, and what it takes to stay relevant in a crowded productivity space. He also opens up about distributed work, leadership growth, and the books and mentors that have shaped his journey toward becoming a “bionic CEO.” 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Leadership NextBy Fortune

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

100 ratings


More shows like Leadership Next

View all
The Tim Ferriss Show by Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

The Tim Ferriss Show

16,167 Listeners

WSJ Your Money Briefing by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Your Money Briefing

1,708 Listeners

WSJ What’s News by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ What’s News

4,350 Listeners

Masters in Business by Bloomberg

Masters in Business

2,174 Listeners

Odd Lots by Bloomberg

Odd Lots

1,956 Listeners

The Knowledge Project by Shane Parrish

The Knowledge Project

2,709 Listeners

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy by Colossus | Investing & Business Podcasts

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

2,355 Listeners

Founders by David Senra

Founders

2,167 Listeners

Masters of Scale by WaitWhat

Masters of Scale

3,995 Listeners

Bold Names by The Wall Street Journal

Bold Names

1,446 Listeners

How Leaders Lead with David Novak by David Novak

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

582 Listeners

The David Rubenstein Show by Bloomberg

The David Rubenstein Show

165 Listeners

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg by All-In Podcast, LLC

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

10,015 Listeners

The Memo by Howard Marks by Oaktree Capital Management

The Memo by Howard Marks

455 Listeners

ACQ2 by Acquired by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

ACQ2 by Acquired

296 Listeners