# U.S. Ambassador Meg Whitman: Leading with the right questions

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Podcast: [Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095)
Published: 2023-09-07T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://news.microsoft.com/tools-and-weapons-podcast/
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## Resource

Throughout her impressive career leading businesses, nonprofits, and now as the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman has been driven by a simple question: "What are we going to do about it?" This relentless focus on action propelled her as she transformed eBay from a fledgling startup into a global e-commerce powerhouse and guided her as CEO navigating HP through a high-stakes corporate split. In this episode, she shares how her mother's experience becoming a certified airplane mechanic during WWII instilled in her the courage to take on big challenges, like building diplomatic bridges in Africa’s burgeoning Silicon Savanah.

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