Bad is stronger than good- one bad apple ruined the barrel
Great people are often difficult and unusually
Nay + Diva
Overwork in a good way
- enable people overwork in a good way-- many interesting things to do
- keep it lively
- give people responsibility and freedom
- own the things in which they responsible,
- give space and freedom to make it happen
- burnout = resent give up what really matter to you - Marrisa meyer
- lack of control = burnout
- break down in community
- insufficient reward
- lack of fairness
- burnout = missmatch between people & job
Small team: more apt to team mate who's burned out.
If a member cant unplug then there's something wrong with the company
No one is indispensable, if there's one, do something about it
establish culture of YES
Just say NO synchrome can go into work too
No = lost to startup verb
No to smart creative = stop asking, heading to exist
Say YES, infact say yes as often as u can, saying yes begins things, saying yes is how things grow, saying yes lead to new exp, new exp lead to knowlege and wisdom, attitude of yes lead you forward to uncertain times. --micheal hogan
Fun-
Laugh joke, enjoys company. at party "Now get back to work"
organization event = need to have flare. IE fun wedding
Team building event- offsite
forget team building, just have fun
new place, far from office, do able in a day.
activities they cant do alone
Fun culture = fun from everywhere, nothing can be sacred, lose boundaries
Meme gen can be fun-cut through the conversary, permissive environment, no "what happend if this leak",
more fun = more get done
when u do a turnaround, seek a smartest people first, seek one
changing an ongoing enterprise is verrrry difficult, but critical to success
step1- recognize the problem, what problem does this culture cause, dont criticize, draw connection between business and culture
acticulate new culture you envision, write the future
promote transparency, open up everyone calendar of everyone, open up wide company meeting and allow question & answer honestly and authentically
it been said, every institution is the extensive shadow of one person.
building the legacy don't be afraid to abolish what doesn't work
Hire people who believe in you, who willing to make the same sacrifice. insane enough to believe u actually succeed, and sane enough to do it!
were all in this together, none of us are ablove the lenial act, lead need passion, if you dont have it, get out! we do small little work like cleaning up counter because we cares.
Japanese Toyota- any employee can pull the cord to hold production- ie Don't be evil
The best culture are aspirational- live up to our ideal, there will be failure, more case people over deliver which set the bar higher and makes company better
STRATEGY- your plan is wrong
no matter how well plan = always flaw in some important way. :. Achieving failure
Invest in the team, not the plan
Plan can change and progress, its the team that adjust and deal with the plan.
Plan need to base on a foundation principle, plan is fluid, the foundation is stable.
"we'll figure it out approach" able to roll with the punch.
Don't trust a plan that have all the answer.
Give new hire the foundation elements, and they can figure out the rest.
Bet on technical insight, not market research-- drive down the cost, better than competition in a fundamental way.
porter is great for percentage existing company.
but terrible for startup new company,
suit become more important than lab coat = fail
flat lining product = ones that lack technical insight, or insight become dated as internet evolve
combinatory innovation = combine to create new innovation
DONT LOOK FOR FASTER HORSES
if I had listening to customer, i'd had gone out looking for faster horses
What is your technical insight? cant articulate the answer, = bad product
OPTIMIZE for Growth
if want to grow big, need to scale.
grow very quickly & globally, anyone can do it
scale need to be core part of strategy
create & quickly growth platform, ie news paper, ebay, youtube, telephone
more people use=more useful
