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Wisdom snuck up on me. I wasn't looking for it. It didn't announce itself. And, quite frankly, I thought for a long time that knowledge and wisdom were twins. I've come to learn they're cousins.
In 2013, when the three young Airbnb founders approached me about becoming their "modern elder," they brought me on for my knowledge. I, too, thought my greatest asset would be my understanding of and experience with the travel industry. Little did I know, my insight into that industry was only one of the benefits I brought to the founders and their team.
Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky has an insatiable appetite to learn. So, in 2011, when the company was dealing with the aftermath of the trashing of a host's home by an Airbnb guest (which got a lot of media attention), he sought out George Tenet, the former head of the CIA, to give him some tutelage on trust and safety issues. Similarly, Brian wasn't shy in seeking out John Donahoe (now the president and CEO of Nike, but then the president and CEO of eBay) to understand two-sided marketplaces. Brian reached out to me as a longtime boutique hotel entrepreneur when he came to the realization that, while Airbnb's mission was to "democratize hospitality," the company had not one employee from the hospitality or travel industry.
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