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Linked: The Platform Challenge: Balancing Safety, Privacy and Freedom
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Nike’s new CEO seems like the career ladder is still intact, but even his story shows us it’s not.
I wish him well, but let’s not pretend like this story of going from an internship to running the company is possible. It wasn’t technically possible for him either.
If Hill had not left, it’s entirely possible he would have been laid off in July, like many other senior leaders at Nike.
