John May and the Smart Industrial Strategy — The CEO Vision Driving Hiring Decisions

John May has been CEO of Deere & Company since November 2019 and Chairman since 2020 — and he is the architect of the company's "Smart Industrial Strategy," the framework that explicitly drives every product decision, every leadership promotion, and (yes) every hiring decision at Deere today. This module gives candidates the language and the context to talk intelligently about where the company is going, including the September 2025 leadership reshuffle that promoted Cory Reed and Deanna Kovar into expanded roles.