Prime Highlights:
- Hart is using leadership lessons from Amazon to guide Coursera through major growth and cultural transformation.
- Focused communication and clear principles are helping Coursera’s team stay aligned and motivated.
Key Facts:
- Coursera now offers over 12,000 courses, with a significant increase in popular topics for learners and employees.
- The company has more than 1,000 employees, and Hart has introduced monthly emails and focused meetings to reinforce key principles.
Background:
In 1997, just a day before joining Amazon, Greg Hart was called to a Sunday meeting with Jeff Bezos, who had personally interviewed nearly every one of the company’s 200 employees at the time.
Hart, one of the few exceptions, would go on to spend 23 years at Amazon, reporting directly to Bezos and later to CEO Andy Jassy, gaining invaluable insights into leadership, culture, and business growth.
Today, Hart leads Coursera, a $1.35 billion online learning platform. He is using lessons from Amazon to guide the company through big changes. Hart is helping Coursera grow quickly while keeping its 1,000+ employees working together and motivated.
Hart said they aimed to develop leadership approaches that fit the company’s unique history and needs. Hart, inspired by Amazon, set rules to keep Coursera’s team focused as it grew.
This was especially important as Coursera added more courses. The platform now has more than 12,000 courses, with a significant increase in popular topics that learners and employees are seeking.
Hart is using lessons from a successful tech company to help Coursera grow, build a strong team, and stay relevant. His leadership is making Coursera a top platform for learning and career growth.
