"He doesn't like to read business books-at all. He instead often returns to his favorite work of fiction: Typhoon, a 1902 Joseph Conrad novella about a steamship captain and crew navigating a severe storm while at sea. "It doesn't sound like a management story on the surface, but I think it's the most powerful leadership story I've ever read," Sarandos recently told ."
"When Sarandos first read the novella some two decades ago, he admitted he thought the captain was a reckless "hot dog" who was endangering his crew. Over time, his interpretation shifted. "Now, what I see is that when you go through life and you go through business, you make a lot of decisions that don't turn out the way you thought they would," Sarandos added to CNBC. "The real leadership test is: How do you manage through that?""
Netflix is pursuing acquisition of Warner Bros amid high-stakes industry shifts. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos avoids business books and repeatedly reads Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novella Typhoon, which centers on a steamship captain confronting a severe storm and making decisions with limited information. Sarandos first viewed the captain as reckless but later reframed those choices as examples of leadership under pressure and the challenge of managing decisions that do not turn out as expected. He frames leadership as the ability to navigate consequences and guide a team after imperfect choices. Reading for pleasure has declined nationwide in recent years.
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