Marylene Delbourg-Delphis's guest appearances

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis

The Tech Talks Daily Podcast

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Guy Kawasaki

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

Christy Whitman

Joann Lublin

Laura Vanderkam

Kara Goldin

Donna Hicks

Lisa Wentz

David Burkus

Lindsey Stanberry

Chris Voss

Gary Vaynerchuk

Damion Lupo

Tara Swart

Kate Hayes

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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis doesn’t see risk the same way most people might define it. To her, it’s all about how prepared you are for whatever step you intend to take, the people you’ve surrounded yourself with and trust to take that step with you, and your ability to address uncertainty at any given moment. Uncertainty is, like change, a constant undercurrent of life. There’s nothing certain in life, and there definitely isn’t anything certain in business. So how do we find ways to cope with an ever-uncertain world? As a founding CEO and a turn-around CEO, Marylene has learned to quickly identify the resources she will need to address uncertainty and to make decisions effectively. She also has learned to trust that people truly want to learn, they have the capacity to learn, and they want to do a good job. Why listen to what Marylene has to say about building a strong, engaged, trusting workplace? For one thing, she has had great success in this area. For another, she is the one who, when she started her first US tech firm, poached Guy Kawasaki from Apple, and wrote the French forward for his recent book!

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis doesn’t see risk the same way most people might define it. To her, it’s all about how prepared you are for whatever step you intend to take, the people you’ve surrounded yourself with and trust to take that step with you, and your ability to address uncertainty at any given moment. Uncertainty is, like change, a constant undercurrent of life. There’s nothing certain in life, and there definitely isn’t anything certain in business. So how do we find ways to cope with an ever-uncertain world? As a founding CEO and a turn-around CEO, Marylene has learned to quickly identify the resources she will need to address uncertainty and to make decisions effectively. She also has learned to trust that people truly want to learn, they have the capacity to learn, and they want to do a good job. Why listen to what Marylene has to say about building a strong, engaged, trusting workplace? For one thing, she has had great success in this area. For another, she is the one who, when she started her first US tech firm, poached <a href="https://guykawasaki.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guy Kawasaki</a> from Apple, and wrote the French forward for his recent book!

64: Like Change, Uncertainty Is a Constant Undercurrent in Life - with Marylene Delbourg-Delphis

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis teaches us how to build a sense of community and trust that creates a culture of meaning in the workplace

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis was one of the first European women to settle in Silicon Valley. She has affectionately been called the Duchess of Silicon Valley and is known as a tech pioneer, writer, translator and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. Marylene started her entrepreneurial career in France as the founder of ACI (now 4th Dimension), which published the first relational database for Macintosh in 1985. In 1987, she became one of the first European women to found (with Guy Kawasaki) a technology company in Silicon Valley, where she has resided ever since. Marylene went on to become the CEO of Exemplary Software (a Hewlett Packard spin-off), Brixlogic (acquired by Diebold), and TalentCircles. She currently sits on the board of several companies (including Virtual reality and Culture Assessment companies), and is a member of the National Council of the University Musical Society (UMS) of the University of Michigan. Marylene is also a prolific writer who has written a large number of articles as a journalist and a blogger, written countless strategy and technical white papers as a CEO, board members and executive consultant. I authored several books on the history of fashion and fragrances before I started my first technology company, and have translated multiple business books from English to French. She is also active content curator focusing primarily on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, New Technologies, and People Management. But, today I invited her on the show to discuss her new book Everybody Wants to Love Their Job: Rebuilding Trust and Culture which is a pragmatic guidebook for executives, HR leaders, and employees. Build a sense of community from day one and engrain meaning into the work! Culture isn’t about “values”: It’s the cognitive and emotional fabric that harbors/crushes belongingness, keys up/tramples diversity, and sparks/torpedoes innovation. Its vibrancy depends on a company’s leadership paradigms. Build a sense of community from day one and engrain meaning into the work! Culture isn’t about “values”: It’s the cognitive and emotional fabric that harbors/crushes belongingness, keys up/tramples diversity, and sparks/torpedoes innovation. Its vibrancy depends on a company’s leadership paradigms.

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis was one of the first European women to settle in Silicon Valley. She has affectionately been called the Duchess of Silicon Valley and is known as a tech pioneer, writer, translator and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. Marylene started her entrepreneurial career in France as the founder of ACI (now 4th Dimension), which published the first relational database for Macintosh in 1985. In 1987, she became one of the first European women to found (with Guy Kawasaki) a technology company in Silicon Valley, where she has resided ever since. Marylene went on to become the CEO of Exemplary Software (a Hewlett Packard spin-off), Brixlogic (acquired by Diebold), and TalentCircles. She currently sits on the board of several companies (including Virtual reality and Culture Assessment companies), and is a member of the National Council of the University Musical Society (UMS) of the University of Michigan. Marylene is also a prolific writer who has written a large number of articles as a journalist and a blogger, written countless strategy and technical white papers as a CEO, board members and executive consultant. I authored several books on the history of fashion and fragrances before I started my first technology company, and have translated multiple business books from English to French. She is also active content curator focusing primarily on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, New Technologies, and People Management. But, today I invited her on the show to discuss her new book Everybody Wants to Love Their Job: Rebuilding Trust and Culture which is a pragmatic guidebook for executives, HR leaders, and employees. Build a sense of community from day one and engrain meaning into the work! Culture isn’t about “values”: It’s the cognitive and emotional fabric that harbors/crushes belongingness, keys up/tramples diversity, and sparks/torpedoes innovation. Its vibrancy depends on a company’s leadership paradigms. Build a sense of community from day one and engrain meaning into the work! Culture isn’t about “values”: It’s the cognitive and emotional fabric that harbors/crushes belongingness, keys up/tramples diversity, and sparks/torpedoes innovation. Its vibrancy depends on a company’s leadership paradigms.

686: The Duchess of Silicon Valley - Marylene Delbourg-Delphis