Company Culture
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Company Culture
This is what a healthy culture feels like. Expectations were high but I knew that I had the support and environment to deliver on those expectations. I wanted to be around other people because I needed them to do great work. This is similar to what Brie Wolfson had to say about why she put up with intense demands at Stripe: “it felt good to care... See more
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Hire for expertise, not experience. The best candidates talk about what they can do, rather than what they did.
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Constellate
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In weak cultures, people find safety in the rules. This is why we get bureaucrats. They believe a strict adherence to the rules provides them with job security. And in the process, they do damage to the trust inside and outside the organization. In strong cultures, people find safety in relationships. Strong relationships are the foundation of
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- Decreased skin in the game, which reduces team alignment
- N^2 communication, which creates need for managers and specialization, which reduces individual agency and breadth of learning
- Reduced risk tolerance, which slows everything down
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