Brie Wolfson
@briewolfson
mostly researching, thinking, and writing about company culture via The Kool-Aid Factory and Founder Fodder (newsletter). Used to Stripe (Stripe Press, BizOps) and Figma (Figma for Education).
Brie Wolfson
Which way you run is often the key differentiator between effective and ineffective CEOs. Almost all CEOs know where the problems are, but only the truly elite ones run towards the fear.
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • Which Way Do You Run?
Instead of protecting your teams from failure, prepare them for it.
Andrew Bosworth • Antifragile
Even if you want to be big someday, remember that you never need to act like a big boring company.
Derek Sivers • Little things make all the difference | Derek Sivers
Among the senior leaders I’ve worked with, I’ve seen folks cause far more harm applying this advice too literally than by ignoring it. Leading effective and collaborative teams requires a nuanced approach to trust.
Will Larson • Inspection and the limits of trust.
I think most companies start to explicitly encode and articulate their principles or values too late. I would try to produce a provisional revision literally when you’re just a handful of people. Then continue to update it on an ongoing basis, because assuredly there will be things you realize or come to appreciate are wrong over the course of the... See more