Spotify, Oracle, and Comcast have each recently announced they’re going with co-C.E.O.s. In this 2023 episode, we dig into the research and hear firsthand stories of triumph and disaster. Also: lessons from computer programmers, Simon and Garfunkel, and bears versus alligators.   <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Balsillie">Jim Balsillie</a>, retired chairman and co-C.E.O. of Research In Motion.</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcannonbrookes/?originalSubdomain=au">Mike Cannon-Brookes</a>, co-founder and C.E.O. of Atlassian.</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottfarquhar/?originalSubdomain=au">Scott Farquhar</a>, co-founder and former co-C.E.O. of Atlassian.</li><li><a href="https://feigenadvisors.com/team/profile/marc-a-feigen/">Marc Feigen</a>, C.E.O. advisor.</li><li><a href="https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/jeffrey-sonnenfeld">Jeffrey Sonnenfeld</a>, professor of management studies and senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management and founding president of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute.</li><li><a href="https://collaboration.csc.ncsu.edu/laurie/index.html">Laurie Williams</a>, professor of computer science at North Carolina State University.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/26/scott-farquhar-to-resign-as-joint-ceo-of-atlassian">Scott Farquhar to resign as joint CEO of Atlassian</a>," by Jonathan Barrett (The Guardian, 2024).</li><li>"<a href="https://hbr.org/2022/07/is-it-time-to-consider-co-ceos">Is It Time to Consider Co-C.E.O.s?</a>" by Marc A. Feigen, Michael Jenkins, and Anton Warendh (Harvard Business Review, 2022).</li><li>"<a href="https://collaboration.csc.ncsu.edu/laurie/Papers/XPSardinia.PDF">The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming</a>," by Alistair Cockburn and Laurie Williams (2000).</li><li>"<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/854064">Strengthening the Case for Pair Programming</a>," by Laurie Williams, Robert R. Kessler, Ward Cunningham, and Ron Jeffries (IEEE Software, 2000).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-secret-life-of-c-e-o-s/">The Secret Life of a C.E.O.</a>," series by Freakonomics Radio (2018).</li></ul></li></ul> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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