148 – The Future of Employment, Storytelling with Hubspot’s Christopher O’Donnell

Christopher O’Donnell is the Senior Vice President of Hubspot Product, which he led from start-up to successful publicly traded company. He is a frequent guest lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and has built dozens of web and mobile products. Outside of his day job, Christopher spends his time as songwriter and guitarist for the band The Providers, who release music on a regular basis through their site.

Top Takeaways: The Future of Employment, Storytelling with Hubspot’s Christopher O’Donnell

Before everything else, it’s about family for me
I’m the oldest millennial there is
The timing was perfect for technology and interest
We need to make our money and do our career quickly, or these kids will take our jobs
It used to be $20M and 3 years to build a technology product. Now you need a weekend
It shouldn’t all be Sandhill road and Bay Area, Cambridge and New York that solve all the problems
We should be optimizing as a race to solve problems
Future jobs will emphasize storytelling, marketing and selling
The marketing wave- 1-1 marketing…through storytelling
Having a coach, getting feedback is necessity to get better as a storyteller
Feedback is enormously helpful
Emphasize the human story in illustrating your leadership topic
People believe in me when I skin my knees and I believe on other people when they skin their knees
Lucky enough to have people who believe in me
Being an agent- getting people to maximize their contribution
An agent looks for the best role for the best player
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson – Dalai Lama
Say yes to the gigs people call you for
The seer, the fixer and the runner as leadership roles