William Perry, emeritus professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, explains how employee ownership of his early startup, ESL, resulted in a positive workplace culture. “To succeed, the leadership of the company has to identify and associate themselves with the customers’ problems,” the former U.S. Secretary of Defense tells interviewer Steve Blank.

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