The Operating as One Issue
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The Operating as One Issue
Each new member must somehow grok the priorities, vision, and actions of the other team members in order to place their efforts in the same direction.
Alex MacCaw • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
You need to delegate what you think you are best at. You need to stand back, watch the work you used to once doing best, being done by someone else, and resist the urge to interfere. Results won't be exactly as you would like them to be, but soon you will have a company that can do more than you, and earn more than you alone. You graduate from bein... See more
Alexey added
No matter what, as the organization grows, people get disconnected — they have no idea what other people are working on, or what their job entails.Getting a very brief, high-level summary of what each team did last week solves these problems.
First Round Capital • Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest
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Alex Dobrenko and added
The reality of building a product is that very few parts of it reach a significant portion of impressionable users. Onboarding is one of those things that touch just about everyone.
Conor Dewey • Principles for New User Onboarding
Emilie Kormienko added
Working on a 20 people company is very different from working on a 5 people company. At the beginning everyone had context, decisions were made on daily syncs, and projects were smaller. Since day one, we've relied on project documentation and PRDs. We reflect a lot on how we work, and this has helped us collaborate asynchronously .
Range • Jori Lallo on Working Effectively Across Different Timezones
gabriel added
“Break down barriers between departments. People in research, design, sales, and production must work as a team, to foresee problems of production and in use that may be encountered with the product or service.”
John Willis • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
“Break down barriers between departments. People in research, design, sales, and production must work as a team, to foresee problems of production and in use that may be encountered with the product or service.”