Mansour Mansour
Mansour reflects on a career journey that has taken him from Strategy& to Google and Amazon, and on the persistence that helped him navigate some of its most important turning points.
After initially not being selected for an interview at Strategy&, another opportunity opened the door. Harvard also began with a waitlist. Looking back, Mansour says these experiences taught him that there is “a very big difference between a no and a not now.”
“ There’s a very big difference between a no and a not now.”
He also discusses the impact of growing up in a small village in northern Lebanon, where he learned the importance of community, belonging, and giving back. Those lessons later inspired educational initiatives, scholarship support, and a project to preserve the story and history of his village.
The conversation also explores the role men can play in supporting women in the workplace and the impact AI is having on talent, organizational structures, and leadership.
“ You don’t succeed alone. You succeed with everyone.”
For Mansour, AI raises questions that go far beyond productivity. Leaders need to consider how younger colleagues will develop expertise, how teams and careers may need to evolve, and how leadership must increasingly focus on judgment, prioritization, and decision-making.
“ It’s not critical that the companies with the best AI will win. It’s the companies with the best people and with the best adaptation that will win.”
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