Decoder · September 3, 2026 · 1h 13m

How Sonos rebooted itself

Sonos CEO Tom Conrad joins Nilay Patel to discuss the company's disastrous 2024 app redesign, the board's decision to replace then-CEO Patrick Spence, and the steps Conrad took as interim and permanent CEO to diagnose the issues and rebuild trust. The conversation goes deep into the internal decisions and strategy that turned the brand around.

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The 2024 Sonos app redesign was a catastrophic failure

The Sonos app redesign in 2024 was so disastrous that it threatened the entire brand, leading to a CEO change and crisis management.

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Board decision to replace CEO Patrick Spence

The board decided to move on from previous CEO Patrick Spence and bring in Tom Conrad as interim CEO to steer the company through the crisis.

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