hiring, meetings, etc

Everything is possible but nothing is easy

/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:

Why are we doing this?
1. Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compo

many people, including this person, carry the attitudes and habits they pick up at their first job around for quite a long time

Culture matters

I think a lot of different things can work and what's really important is that you find a style that's suitable to you and the context you operate in. Copying what's worked for someone else is unlikely to work for you

danluu.com • Some thoughts on writing

A major difference between my friend's team and most teams is that my friend's team was composed of people who had a track record of being highly effective across a variety of contexts. In an earlier job, my friend started a job at a large-ish ($5B/yr revenue) government-run utility company and was immediately assigned a problem that, unbeknownst t... See more

Individuals matter

danluu.com

Intrapreneurs - internal entrepreneurs within a startup

What you don’t want to happen is unsustainable stress, or for people to not share failure or tell you when you’re wrong. So you need to actively fight this as the leader by: a) asking for dissent (“does everyone agree this is the right path? Does anyone disagree”? and letting a silence hang until someone speaks) b) reward debate.

Sam Gerstenzang • Operating Well: What I Learned at Stripe

When something isn’t getting done, it’s because the person a) doesn’t have the time b) doesn’t have the skill or c) has some sort of psychological block. The third case is surprisingly common.