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Bob Tinker
Former CEO of MobileIron
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Oct 11, 2026
Lessons learned from stepping down as a CEO l Bob Tinker & TaeHea Nahm EP 03 | EO
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9:33TaeHea NahmGUEST
It's about how to prevent someone from being a superstar today and being fired tomorrow.
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9:39Bob TinkerGUEST
Yeah, some tips for sort of unlearning and helping teams navigate through these change points.
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9:45Bob TinkerGUEST
The first thing is recognizing when one of your leaders is going through one of these change points where they have to unlearn their old role and learn their new role.
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9:54Bob TinkerGUEST
The second thing, and this is really hard, is sometimes people don't want to unlearn.
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9:59Bob TinkerGUEST
They're actually just really good at their job, and they wanna keep doing their old job.
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10:03Bob TinkerGUEST
And the problem is you as the leader, you're like, "Well, actually, I need you to do the next job." But they're not willing to unlearn.
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10:10Bob TinkerGUEST
You know, as the company changes, their job changes, so the people have to change to adapt to their job.
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16:50TaeHea NahmGUEST
So this is what we talk about, how the CEO role changes, and if you try to have it be Professor Xavier on day one, then the company will struggle.
Mistakes startups make in business plansㅣBob Tinker & Tae Hea Nahm EP 01 | EO
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1:35Bob TinkerGUEST
On the professional side, my key achievements, some were successes, some were failures, like a lot of entrepreneurs.
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1:40Bob TinkerGUEST
Probably the one I'm most well-known for is being the founding CEO of a company called MobileIron, which we started in 2008 and grew from zero to $150 million of ARR over the course of five years and took it public on NASDAQ.
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1:55Bob TinkerGUEST
Prior to that, I started a company, or was part of the founding team at a company called Airspace, which was also a success.
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