{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"President at Databricks, Andy Kofoid: Reinvention at Any Stage","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4410,"description":"Guest: Andy Kofoid, President at Databricks\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: Andy’s first job, his family, and his favorite baseball team: The Chicago Cubs (04:56); Transitioning among different types of roles within a company (10:11); The physical office as a representation of your company’s culture, and the difference between Chicago and San Francisco’s post-COVID tech scenes (13:07); Why Andy left Salesforce for Databricks, and how he knew he had another run in him (19:40); Becoming a better leader and accepting “A huge dose of humility” (23:41); How leaders are perceived by the people underneath them on the org chart, vs. how they perceive themselves (30:51); The interview process at Databricks and overcoming the “industry domain hurdle,” to speak AI and data fluently (40:10); How Andy creates balance in his life, and the correlation between pressure and responsibility (44:05); The most difficult, sleepless nights in Andy’s career and how he recovers when things aren’t going his way (01:02:01); What Grit means to him, and the sort of person who should apply for open roles at Databricks (01:10:54)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}