![]() ![]() It aims to revolutionise how businesses work and communicate, taking the social tools young workers have become accustomed to and right-sizing them for the workplace in a fun and engaging way. Slack, which is headed by Henderson’s long-term colleague Stewart Butterfield, is creating 100 new jobs in Dublin this year. Henderson has been part of the teams that created the original Web 2.0 photo-sharing platform Flickr, a failed video game called Glitch and the business communications software platform currently taking the working world by storm: Slack. The interesting thing is, despite all the start-up fury in Shoreditch and other trendy parts of London, Henderson has already done it all – yet very few people there really know who he is. The Californian appearance of Henderson is belied by his English accent. It’s summer inside at Slack while outside, we’re adjusting awkwardly to spring. The summery attire makes me conscious of my sensible winter coat. I was mulling on this point while appreciating Slack’s stylish new offices in Dublin when, out of nowhere, Henderson bounds across the room with a sunny smile, made all the more sunny by his beach shorts and short-sleeved shirt. That’s the secret of success in a nutshell, says Slack co-founder and CTO Cal Henderson.Įven if you have never heard of Cal Henderson, the chances are you use the technology he has built. The problem with the business software world is that the players are selling to CIOs, not the individual users. ![]() ![]() He still hasn’t built the game, but has stumbled into the biggest play of his lifetime. In his constant attempts to build a video game, Cal Henderson ended up creating Flickr and Slack. ![]()
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