
Rob Thomas
Chief Operating Officer (formerly COO, now Managing Director) of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
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Jul 29, 2026
Transformation Leadership: Shifting gears
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Adam CanwellHOST
As you think about the, the programs you've been involved in over the past couple of years, the degree of change you've faced into, what does transformation mean to you, and what's the key to it, do you think, when you think about how you get success in transformation?

Rob ThomasGUEST
As you know, we, we talk about lots of change in F1, and we are surrounded by change.

Rob ThomasGUEST
The car's constantly being developed, very short lead times, very rapid, um, innovation cycles.

Rob ThomasGUEST
But when it comes to change of the organization, we don't do that very often, and for many years we've been quite stable.
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Adam CanwellHOST
But how do I ameliorate that pressure to some extent so people stay functional, so people stay on track?"