143 David Macdonald, Ex-CEO Discovery Japan GK

David Macdonald was originally a JET in Japan in 1995.  He joined NTT Docomo in 1999 and then joined Walt Disney Internet Group Asia Pacific in 2004.  He moved to YouTube Japan in 2009 becoming Head of YouTube Spaces Asia Pacific in 2014.  He became President of Discovery Japan in 2018 and President and Representative Officer, Discovery Japan GK in 2020. David mentioned the speaker who got him on the “complain, confront or conform” terminology can be found at www.juliensbourrelle.com. The definition of leadership he likes is: “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he/she wants to do it”.