Rudy Krabbe | Jun 4, 2024

Story Samurai

Summary

In this conversation, Ari Block interviews Rudy Krabbe, discussing his proudest moment in his professional history, his experience working at Swatch, the challenges of meeting incredible demand, the history and innovation of Swatch, the differences between markets, the importance of honest communication and feedback, and the difficulties of restructuring and firing employees. Rudy emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself, developing skills, embracing new technologies, and being self-aware.

Keywords

professional history, proudest moment, Swatch, challenges, demand, innovation, differences between markets, honest communication, feedback, restructuring, firing employees, self-awareness

Takeaways

• Stay true to yourself and base yourself on your strengths.
• Embrace new technologies and look for ways to improve your performance.
• Be self-aware and strive to do better.
• Learn from your mistakes and be open to honest communication and feedback.
• Restructuring and firing employees can be difficult, but it's important to handle it with empathy and fairness.

Titles

• Embracing Challenges and Innovations at Swatch
• The Importance of Honest Communication and Feedback

Sound Bites

• "Embrace new technologies and improve your performance."
• "The innovation of Swatch was the movement with a superb accuracy with only 51 parts."
• "Listen to the input from different markets to fulfill the demand."

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