Walmart International CEO says companies must change their perspective on ‘what leadership looks like’ to cultivate female executives

Alan Murray, Nicholas Gordon

Wed, October 11, 2023 at 2:21 PM GMT+5:30·1 min read

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Good morning.

Day 2 of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit was a wide-ranging idea fest that touched on many of the hottest topics in business today. Some of the questions that came up:

When do you speak out on social issues?

“I try to focus on policy, not politics. And I focus on the things that are relevant to my business…If I’m not the relevant person holding that conversation based on my business or based on my background, then I’m just one other voice, and there’s already just too much noise.”​

​​—Beth Ford, CEO, Land O’Lakes

Is Netflix an entertainment company or a technology company?

“We are an entertainment company…It’s always about creativity. It’s about working with writers and directors, having that relationship, having that trust, and really supporting that vision…The core of it is always judgement, gut intuition, creativity. There’s not an algorithm in the world to tell you the next thing that’s going to actually connect or resonate with people.”

​​—Bela Bajaria, chief content officer, Netflix

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