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What playing cricket for the U.S. taught me about the hardest decisions CEOs face | Fortune

Open the sourceReported by Fortune, fortune.com, 12 November 2026, by Usman Shuja

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Bluebeam CEO Usman Shuja, writing in Fortune, said his experience playing international cricket for the U.S. national team shapes how he approaches high-stakes executive decisions, particularly the question of how aggressively to act. Shuja, who is also an executive board member of German software group Nemetschek, compared corporate strategy to reading a cricket pitch before choosing a shot, arguing leaders must assess conditions before committing to risk. He cited Bluebeam user figures as company data in the piece. The article is a first-person leadership essay rather than a news event, offering no financial results or guidance.

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