With a 320 million user base, including 144 million subscribers across 92 markets (1), Spotify is many a music lover’s primary source for beats and inspiration both at home and on the go. It’s also a great place for podcast creators to send their words of insight and wisdom out into the world and for podcast listeners everywhere to come across them.

It seemed fitting, therefore, to open the app on my phone one day and find Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify, being interviewed on the podcast The Tim Ferriss Show (2).

The interview covered a lot of ground, from Daniel’s background growing up in Sweden to his current investment in European tech entrepreneurship through the Brilliant Minds Foundation (3). What I’d like to distil here, though, for the value they might hold as food for thought, are the key ideas he shared regarding the company culture at Spotify, his views on the role of leaders and some of the aspects he deems instrumental in fostering creativity, learning and growth.

The topics I'll focus on here are:

  • The balance between the collective and the individual

  • Safety and structure as core components of creativity

  • The need for changing missions in changing companies

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ELINA RICKURA
Interesante. Spotify es una gran herramienta que surge en latinoamerica como opcion para escuchar musica de calidad. Mi hijo la utiliza a menudo.
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Adriana
@ELINA RICKURA I also use it almost every day to listen to music and podcasts
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Just read(en)
What a great content. A great lessons packed post. I think Spotify is not available in Nepal. Using VPN is option. But i dont use it much.
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Adriana
@Just read(en) Thank you so much! I made a little digging on the subject and if you're interested it seems you can upvote this topic here in the Spotify community forum about making the app available in Nepal ... Show more@Just read(en) Thank you so much! I made a little digging on the subject and if you're interested it seems you can upvote this topic here in the Spotify community forum about making the app available in Nepal https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Country-Spotify-in-Nepal/idi-p/4761917. Luckily, Tim Ferriss published the interview on his own blog and YouTube channel, among other place, so you can still access it if you wish 🙂
[Country] Spotify in Nepal
[Country] Spotify in Nepal
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Maria
Ik heb deze website niet gebruikt, maar ik heb gehoord dat het erg goed is, en iedereen krijgt daar muziek van ... het was een goed idee !!😍😍😍😍
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Mónica
Very well written Adriana! I would love to listen to this podcast! The second key listed for his leadership style I feel is crucial to everyone in a leadership position!
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Adriana
@Mónica Thank you so much, Mónica, really appreciate your words! I just remembered that Tim usually posts on YouTube as well, so you can actually listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICLqGAELMc . I'll go and update the post with the link now too 🙂
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Teresa Seia
Very informative. I enjoyed the reading. It strikes me that all the items you focused on can be applied at any moment in life, to a wide range of areas of activity, profit or non-profit, and to different situations. They will always improve personal skills.
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Adriana
@Teresa Seia Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it! I agree that these points can be applied to many different areas, not just companies 🙂
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enigma
Good, informative blog !
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Adriana
@enigma Thank you for taking the time to read and comment!
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Paula Martins
thank for the set of information you shared.
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Adriana
@Paula Martins Thank you so much for stopping by!
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Sandwichman
Interesting and informative blog
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Adriana
@Sandwichman Grateful for your visit and encouraging words 🙂
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marijke
een mooie blog voor degene die spotify gebruiken.
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Adriana
@marijke Thank you for the kind words! I just checked on Tim Ferriss' blog page linked above and he says you can catch the interview on "Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform." So you can still enjoy if you are on any of these platforms. 🙂
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Dewaputra
That is a good extensive blog, thanks for sharing.
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