Layering and Being Layered
“The best metaphor I have for scaling is building one of those huge, complex towers out of Legos,” she says. “At first, everyone’s excited. Scaling a team is a privilege. Being inside a company that’s a rocket ship is really cool. There are so many Legos! You could build anything. At the beginning, as you start to scale, everyone has so many Legos... See more
Molly Graham • ‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups
When adding a new team or role, take the time to clarify a few things: What a role is, what it’s meant to serve, how existing people have been making up for the lack of that role, and how their lives are going to be changed by new people coming in — in positive and potentially negative ways.
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Treating your org as a product, use new hires as testing of the operating ways and have them provide candid feedback
Treating your org as a product, use new hires as testing of the operating ways and have them provide candid feedback