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How do CEOs create an ideal work culture? ‘You live it’

May 10, 2018 6:10 PM EST

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Patty McCord spent years as an executive at Netflix, where she was responsible for reimagining office culture and disrupting best practices. Her latest book is called “Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility.” McCord offers her Brief but Spectacular take on rethinking work.

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