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Summary
This slideshow from Entrepreneur magazine highlights the efficient management and decision-making strategies of Siemens CEO Roland Busch. It details his approach to email, meetings, and problem-solving, drawing parallels with Nvidia's CEO.
Structure
- 1Introduction to Roland Busch and his email strategy
- 2Explanation of his meeting-free approach
- 3His physics-based decision-making framework
- 4Comparison with Nvidia's CEO and a shared conclusion on meetings
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Siemens (company): acts - Roland Busch is the CEO of this $251 billion company. Removing the name would change what happens in the video. Entrepreneur (brand): appears - This is the brand of the publication that created the content. Removing the name would not change what happens in the video.
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HE RUNS A $251 BILLION
COMPANY AND REPLIES TO
EMAILS WITH TWO
LETTERS. HERE'S WHY
200 emails a
day. Inbox
never above
100. Two-
word replies.
Siemens CEO Roland Busch gets about 200 emails a day and keeps his inbox below 100 unread messages by answering quickly and using as few words as possible. Most responses are "OK" or "No."
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No recurring
one-on-ones.
An open door
instead.
Busch doesn't schedule recurring meetings with his direct reports. Instead he tells them: "You
come to me whenever you need me." It could be five times a week or once a month. "I don't
need to entertain people and they don't need to
entertain me," he told Business Insider.
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This is how he
makes
decisions with
incomplete
information.
"Physics taught me how to de-layer a problem,
separating the core issues from the less
important ones," he said. "Once you isolate the
core variables, you have a much better chance
of making the right decision."
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Two global
leaders came
to the same
conclusion.
Nvidia's CEO has around 60 leaders reporting directly to him. He skips individual meetings
entirely. Two of the world's most valuable
company CEOs have independently reached the
same conclusion about how meetings slow
things down.
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