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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A company needs both a flat inventive team and a large operational one, and the leader's real job is the relationship between them. A company needs both a flat inventive teamand a large operational one, and theleader's real job is the relationshipbetween them. Last stated 6 months ago 26 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Flat or leaderless organizational structures eventually give way to some form of leadership. — tap to centre the map on it Flat or leaderless organizationalstructures eventually give way tosome form of leadership. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 ML Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not every team has to have the same composition of people and skill sets. — tap to centre the map on it Not every team has to have the samecomposition of people and skillsets. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best leaders don't just fit into an existing company culture — their own skills and behavior actively define what that culture is. — tap to centre the map on it The best leaders don't just fit intoan existing company culture — theirown skills and behavior activelydefine what that culture is. Last stated 5 years ago 1 Mar 2022 GB Gibson Biddle — holds since 2022-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a leader's responsibility to understand people's strengths and passions and to grow them into well-rounded team members. — tap to centre the map on it It is a leader's responsibility tounderstand people's strengths andpassions and to grow them intowell-rounded team members. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 RG Ron Goldin — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Great companies need bold, hands-on leaders who live and breathe the stuff they make — tap to centre the map on it Great companies need bold, hands-onleaders who live and breathe thestuff they make Last stated a year ago 22 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people running companies are selected for resembling a leader rather than for being effective at anything. — tap to centre the map on it The people running companies areselected for resembling a leaderrather than for being effective atanything. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Innovation should happen inside the existing teams rather than in a fresh team spun up for it, because a separate innovation team creates a two-tier class system. — tap to centre the map on it Innovation should happen inside theexisting teams rather than in afresh team spun up for it, because aseparate innovation team creates atwo-tier class system. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — no longer holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company. — tap to centre the map on it A company should manufacture freshinternal challenges for its bestpeople, because the alternative isthat they go and find thosechallenges at another company. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it A few senior individual contributorscan be paid VP money and still costless than the layered product orgthey replace. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it A functionally organised engineeringteam seizes up at around a hundredpeople, because every feature thenhas to be negotiated against everyother team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it A group of fewer than four people isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks it back into maintenance. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated 3 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer who is not a designated leader can get leaned on by building an internal tool for a cross-functional need, such as one design needed by marketing. — tap to centre the map on it A designer who is not a designatedleader can get leaned on by buildingan internal tool for across-functional need, such as onedesign needed by marketing. Last stated 5 months ago 19 May 2026 TG Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A company needs both a flat inventive team and a large operational one, and the leader's real job is the relationship between them. Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago Holds Evan Spiegel Read this korrent →