Talent density, feeling special as a service, moving past prompts, and product leadership.
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Talent density, feeling special as a service, moving past prompts, and product leadership.
Engineers—bottom-of-the-org-chart people—could come up with the ideas that would be the next hot products for the company. Everything was open to thought, discussion, and innovation. So I would never leave Hewlett-Packard. I was going to be an engineer for life there.
Jessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
we should all learn from early-Google's example. When employees feel truly valued (which is rare!), it creates psychological safety, high morale, productivity, and creativity. Early employees would often encourage each other to "fail fast" as a means to innovation, but that's no longer easy in an environment where failure implies a layoff. If you'r... See more
Ben Collins-Sussman • Writings of sussman@
recruit, to develop, and to retain strong talent.