When Feedback and Data Fuels Creativity, with Angela Morgenstern

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Angela Morgenstern discusses how feedback and data influence creativity and decision-making in her career and personal life.

We want to hear from you! Email us at BCGInHerEllement@bcg.com with a voice memo describing your In Your Ellement moment. We might feature your story in an upcoming episode! *** What do you do when the data doesn’t give you a clear answer—but the decision can’t wait? For Angela Morgenstern, that moment came early in her tenure at Netflix. It offered a clear window into the company’s feedback culture firsthand and ultimately changed not only how she leads at work, but how she makes decisions in her personal life as well.  Angela is a media and tech executive, founder, and advisor. She most recently served as VP of Product Content Innovation at Netflix. In this latest installment of our Builders series, Angela shares how feedback fuels creativity, how she was captivated by media at a young age, and what excites her about the future of AI in community building and play.  01:39 When You Only Have 50% of the Data 02:17 Feedback and Decision-Making 05:41 A Media Career That Started in Childhood 09:04 Building AI for Entertainment and Fun 13:04 AI and Content Creation 15:48 Data Informed vs Data Driven 20:18 Reflections Links: Angela Morgenstern on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Boston Consulting Group BCG, Suchi Srinivasan, Kamila Rakhimova

Guest: Angela Morgenstern

Topics covered

• feedback culture
• decision-making
• creativity
• media career
• AI in entertainment
• content creation

Keywords

• feedback
• data
• creativity
• AI
• media
• decision-making
• content creation

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Organizations: Netflix

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