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I do think a company I agree is not a family, but I do think that there can be a bond

that can be deeper than a typical work contract. Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.

Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick

with the TED Audio Collective.

I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of

fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.

My guest today is Brian Chesky, CEO and co-founder of AirB&B.

Before building a global hospitality brand, Brian spent his formative years thinking about how to build things and lead teams.

He studied industrial design at Risdee, the Rhode Island School of Design, where he captained the

hockey team.

I've studied a lot of elite teams and what I've noticed is even in the most

professional context it all comes back to that word trust. I've been impressed by

how far Brian has gone to earn trust. He's widely admired for his

thoughtfulness in building cultures and his care as a leader. Brian let me start by asking you how in the world does a designer end up running a

huge company maybe a little bit by accident. There was this huge movement in RISD and the design community, early 2000s, about how design was becoming more empowered. You had like the design renaissance at Target. Of course Apple was probably the biggest example

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