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John Gavan

Aug 18, 2026

0:16
And so if you think about that whole journey, what I want to talk to you about today is what it means to be in the opportunity business, not what it means to be in the engineering business.
1:17
Enjoy.
1:19
We had a leader when I first started that used to have the saying, they said, it's okay to have selfish goals.
1:28
as long as you're willing to achieve them through unselfish means.
1:32
It's kind of a weird saying, but it's something that we've embraced in our company, and I think that example will sort of weave into what I have to say today.
1:42
So we all aspire as a goal to progress through our careers and move from stage to stage in our career and have a really, really fulfilling career growing along the way.
1:54
What I want to introduce to you today is the concept of really not only thinking forwards for yourself but also thinking backwards and thinking about how can you engineer opportunities for those who follow you and think just as much about that as you are thinking about moving forward in your own career.
2:13
That's growth leadership and the concept is engineering opportunities.
0:16
And so if you think about that whole journey, what I want to talk to you about today is what it means to be in the opportunity business, not what it means to be in the engineering business.
1:17
Enjoy.
1:19
We had a leader when I first started that used to have the saying, they said, it's okay to have selfish goals, as long as you're willing to achieve them through unselfish means.
1:32
It's kind of a weird saying, but it's something that we've embraced in our company, and I think that example will sort of weave into what I have to say today.
1:42
So we all aspire as a goal to progress through our careers and move from stage to stage in our career and have a really, really fulfilling career growing along the way.
1:54
What I want to introduce to you today is the concept of really not only thinking forwards for yourself but also thinking backwards and thinking about how can you engineer opportunities for those who follow you and think just as much about that as you are thinking about moving forward in your own career.
2:13
That's growth leadership and the concept is engineering opportunities.
2:19
First, I'm gonna give you a little test, a little example, one of the P's of Evergreen, pragmatic innovation.

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