Gaia Soykok

The problem comes when we ask a different question, not about how well the group did, but how well the members of the group thought they have done. the answers are remarkable. members of the diverse teams did not feel very sure that they'd got the right answer and they felt socially uncomfortable. The teams made up of four friends had a more... See more

In premortems, all the engineering team needs to be there. and they go through tigers, paper tigers and elephants. https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1221261212979085312

attempt the most futile and also useful task in human history. Categorising things that grow organically, hold complexity and change very fast. ...had to do it to understand and map the territory. ... will change tomorrow but I hope it gives a template for you to partition and think about DAOs, while also understanding the in-between and the... See more

Gokul is against VP and Director titles because there is where the conflict comes from and giving titles too early in a startup. Just call them by the function so people know what they are doing. Lead and Head of are more adequate.

Incentives, a version of what psychologists call extrinsic motivators, do not alter the attitudes that underlie our behaviors. They do not create an enduring commitment to any value or action. Rather, incentives merely—and temporarily—change what we do.

IDEA 5 - in a high leverage role Do not work for positive ROI, minimise opportunity cost! ROI mindset is an opportunity cost.

Lotek orients us towards different mythology of technology , one that evolved humanism with radical indigenism

John Condry, was more succinct: rewards, he said, are the “enemies of exploration.”