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Start with rituals, behaviors, and interactions before worrying about what you try to operationalize and codify. Can the right people interact at the right times, in the right ways, supported by the right information?
Be very selective about what you centralize and attempt to make consistent. At the same time, accept that
John Cutler • TBM 350: Connecting Dots
Managers-to-Engines Ratio
Löwy Juval • Righting Software
‘Grove famously said that about a third of the people he hires are great: they transform the function they’re in charge of, they inspire brilliant people and make his business fundamentally better,’ summarised Marsh. Another third are OK. They don’t really do much harm, or much good. And about a third are a disaster, and if he didn’t get rid of
... See moreJames Silver • Upscale: What it takes to scale a startup. By the people who've done it.
In my last few roles I've used three categories of features: Competitive Advantages, Accelerants, and Table-Stakes with something like 30, 5, and 1 points each, respectively. Competitive Advantages are any features that let this company do something other companies can't Accelerants are any features that allow users to get more value from the
... See moreJack Danger • Executive Engineering: Practical Engineering Theory for Software Leaders
The biggest challenges we face aren’t technical.
They are psychological, philosophical–questions of values, ethics, worldviews.
Just as we are living inside Zuckerberg’s belief in instant connection.
And Steve Jobs’ dream of the computer as a bicycle for the mind…
We are already stepping into the world imagined by Sam Altman.
But what is his vision of a
... See moreSteve Jobs explain Management by Values
Key takeaways:
• Finding great people is the most important lesson in business due to the large variance in quality.
• Great people are often missionaries, not mercenaries.
• Individual contributors can be phenomenal even when management and culture is poor.
• Passion for the company can be a motivating factor for
... See moreFounders • #299 Steve Jobs
If you don’t think enough of your process to train new employees in it, it’s not really a valuable process.