The Warrior Poet
**Get yourself unstuck and be a leader.** Andrew "Sri" Sridhar is a former Navy SEAL, Harvard MBA, Wall Street escapee, and technologist. He interviews top military leaders, academic thinkers, and business phenoms to up your game. The Warrior Poet is a tightly woven tapestry of leadership expertise, philosophical inquiry, and pop culture. It's a portmanteau of Brainpickings, Wait But Why, and (Sri only wishes) Seinfeld. Yes, Sri sometimes writes haikus.
Episodes
81 episodes
#76: Xena's 5 R's of Leadership (Suzanne Lesko)
Suzanne Lesko (callsign: Xena) walks us through her framework for leadership, starting with resilience. We also talk about: Toxic leadersFemale empowerment in male-dominated domainsNetworking...
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#75: FORGET THE SMILES (4MUW)
It really sucks when you smile at someone and they pretend like you're not even there. Sri shares thoughts on being a leader on and off the field of play by bringing the magic to those around us.
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#74: Joe Musselman on Teams, Leadership, & Culture
Joe Musselman founded the Honor Foundation, which has assisted countless Navy SEALs apply their high-impact skillsets to the private sector. He also cofounded the VC firm Broom Ventures and founded
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#73: Crafting Your Purpose (with John Coleman)
John Coleman tells us what we should be reading. And more importantly, he helps us craft our life's purpose. John is managing partner at Sovereign Capital, an alum of Invesco, and author of the
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#72: Better Decent Than Lucky (with Nick Soman)
EXPLICIT EPISODE: If you have kids in the car, we hope you’ll choose another.Nick Soman is the founder and CEO of Decent, which aims to provide affordable health insurance to all. He and Sri...
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#71: Trust-Based Leadership with Mike Ettore
Sri interviews Mike Ettore. Mike is a career veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, accomplished Fortune-500 C-suite executive, and founder of Fidelis Leadership Group. Mike is the author of <...
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#70: Unbreakable Leadership with Thom Shea
Learn the "three simple things" that will help you lead yourself, your family, and your team from former Navy SEAL and BUD/S instructor Thom Shea. Thom is the author of multiple books on leadership and is the founder of Unbreakable Lead...
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#69: Finding the Best People with Kevin Seiff
Kevin Seiff is a former Navy SEAL and CEO of Flintlock Solutions, a recruiting firm that is changing the game for VC-backed biotech companies. Sri and Kevin discuss what to look for in candidates and how to run a great recruiting process.
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#68: Amazon Tenets with Dave Glick, CTO of Flexe
How many people can say they had regular meetings with Jeff Bezos?Dave Glick is the CTO of Flexe, just heralded as Seattle's newest unicorn. Dave is a 20-year Amazon veteran, where he and Sri overlapped. Dave is one of those people who ...
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#67: Selling Out with Frank Cespedes, Harvard Business School Sales and Strategy Professor
Sri talks with author and professor Frank Cespedes about sales, strategy, and leadership. Frank Cespedes is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He currently teaches the electiv...
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#66: Redefining Beauty with Katia Beauchamp, CEO of Birchbox
Sri talks with entrepreneur Katia Beauchamp about what she learned about leadership (and herself!) while upending the beauty industry. Katia is the cofounder of Birchbox, which raised $90 million in venture funding and was valued at one time at...
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#65: Searching for Attributes with Navy SEAL Rich Diviney
Should you hire for skills or innate qualities? On this episode Sri interviews Rich Diviney, highly accomplished career SEAL officer and author of the book The Attributes. Rich makes the case that skills are a poor predictor of success...
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#64: Never Enough with Mike Hayes
Mike Hayes is the former commanding officer of SEAL Team TWO and the author of "Never Enough." He was a White House Fellow and subsequently Chief Operating Officer at Ray Dalio's hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. He currently serves as ...
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#62: TWO KINDS OF BOREDOM (4MUW)
There are two kinds of boredom, but only one is good for you :) Hat tip to Maria Popova at Brainpickings, who writes frequently about the benefits of boredom in general. Highly recomme...
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#61: QUADROFRENETICA (4MUW)
70s rock giants The Who help Sri explain nervous energy in organizations. This episode is part of the "4 Minutes Underwater" series (4MUW). notesThe rock opera Quadropheni...
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#60: RESPONSIBILITY HANGOVER (4MUW)
Sri discusses how our decision-making models get outdated as we increase our experience in this second edition of our "4 Minutes Underwater" minisode series (4MUW). notes The book
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#59: 4 Minutes Underwater (ELON'S SHOWER)
In this new format, Sri offers 4 minutes of musings on stoicism, abundance, and pursuing unbound upside. notes: Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
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#58R: Find Your North Star
Sri and Edmund Hillary talk about the Japanese concept of Ikigai: how to figure out what to achieve & how to persevere in the face of adversity. notesErrata: Ugh, I think I said "Dorgay" instead of "Norgay." Apologies...
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#58: Getting Naked with Will Branum, Navy SEAL Entrepreneur
"Water boils at 212 degrees. I was at 210." Will Branum is a former Navy SEAL who founded Naked Warrior Recovery based on his own struggles with anxiety. Sri talks with Will about veteran suicide (see charities below!) a...
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#57R: Work the Problem
A deep dive on some of the concepts from Sri's interview with Nat Thompson on episode #57. Namely, what it means to "cultivate appropriate levels of tribalism" on your team -- and examples of "work the problem" in combat and crisis. ...
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#57: Nat Thompson on Growing New Leaders
Nat Thompson, Sri's longtime brother from the SEAL Teams, teaches us how to hire and develop new leaders. Plus, how to nurture a sense of team exceptionalism without becoming Colonel Kurtz.Nat's experience ranges from conducting strateg...
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UPDATE: Exciting Changes
Sri emerges from his cave and sees six early weeks of spring -- plus exciting changes coming to the podcast soon. Thanks for your patience!!!
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#56: Back to Basics: What is Leadership?
Sri distinguishes leadership from, well, other things. notesRelated episodes: #48: Leader as Therapist
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