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They are collectively responsible for ensuring that their products create value for the customer in a way that creates value for the business.

Teresa Torres • Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

Packy McCormick

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Not Boring

employees do not differ from entrepreneurs in what they want from their jobs. Many want to be associated with a “good” business—a business that produces good products and services that meet a valued customer need and a business that treats people fairly and honestly.

Edward Hess • Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses

My aha moment of the value of first principles thinking was when I was at Dropbox. We would hire a ton of really smart people that had never done sales and had them do sales. There are a lot of disadvantages to that, but I do think it led to a ton of innovation. That's how we got our very innovative go-to market motions because a lot of those peopl... See more

Building high-performing teams | Melissa Tan (Webflow, Dropbox, Canva)

When thinking about the technology talent and capabilities needed for your transformation, try a capability building mindset rather than emphasizing termination.

Jim Highsmith • EDGE: Value-Driven Digital Transformation

IT’S THE PEOPLE THE TOP PRIORITY OF ANY MANAGER IS THE WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS OF HER PEOPLE.

Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle • Trillion Dollar Coach

In an OKR system, the most junior staff can look at everyone’s goals, on up to the CEO. Critiques

John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

Source: Fast Company

Mark Fisher • Exiting the Vampire Castle

best thing you can do for employees is hire only high performers to work alongside them. It’s a perk far better than foosball or free sushi or even a big signing bonus or the holy grail of stock options. Excellent colleagues, a clear purpose, and well-understood deliverables: that’s the powerful combination.