• Building Localization at Booking.com (w/ Chris Dell)

  • Aug 27 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
  • Podcast

Building Localization at Booking.com (w/ Chris Dell)

  • Summary

  • On this week's show, Javi welcomes a true heavy hitter in the world of localization. Chris Dell found his way into localization through writing, publishing, and translation, and he spent the last 15 years building Booking.com into a corporation of over 15,000 people.

    Freshly "retired," Chris is reconnecting with old passions and starting new projects. In the episode, he and Javi discuss:

    - Chris's experience at Booking.com

    - Starting out by studying art

    - Non-linear careers

    - Curiosity driving your career

    - Over empathizing" as a new manager

    - Giving space and giving support as a leader

    - Building relationships with international teams

    - The emotional toll of letting employees go

    - Vulnerability in leadership

    - Good bosses vs. bad bosses

    - Top down culture and crowd-sourced values

    - Cultivating Ownership

    - Investing in machine translation since 2016

    - The value of not burning employees out

    - Making time for what matters

    - Recognizing our autonomy

    - Re-learning to read

    - Coaching

    - Writing about prophecies and omens

    and more!

    Click play to hear a great conversation between Chris and Javi!

    You can learn more about Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-dell-69597550/

    And feel free to reach out! He welcomes LinkedIn messages.

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