Culture
Hacker Scripts
Share it with geeks in your team, you can thank me later. My humble effort to help you start the weekend with a smile on your face.
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No Uninspired Compromises
This is something I've experienced myself three times in my career: "One truth I've found about startups as they transition to become growing companies is that decisions tend to get tougher - not easier." -- and what usually happens, unless you carefully guard your culture: "What happens then, at most companies, is that to get any idea pushed through they settle on uninspired compromises. They dilute their brilliant ideas down to something everyone can agree on, and lose all the magic and inspiration from that original idea."
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Blame. Language. Learning. 3 Tips For Learning From Incidents in Your Organisation (Video)
Lindsay Holmwood with a video you should watch if you're trying to build a learning organization, one that is actively seeking to improve and grow. One of the best videos I've seen on this topic, so highly recommended to listen to on your next commute to work!
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How Facebook Keeps Scaling Its Culture
I remember times in my career when we had to scale quickly, double or triple the team from 15 to 30 or 45, and how much pressure we had to hit those numbers. It's so easy to mess up in those moments, compromising on the quality of people you hire, and in the short term it might feel good as you see the team grows. But companies have to play the long-term game, and leaders have to think how they could scale without killing the company's ability to hire and execute at scale: "The first 100 people, the first 500 people, the first 1,000 people. If you're able to get that right, it's much easier to scale, because you have people that really get it, that care about bringing other people in, making sure it fits together. We've invested a lot in that."
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