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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Feb 1867 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under management management Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A group’s culture depends on what its members do, not on who they are A group’s culture depends on what itsmembers do, not on who they are Last stated 9 years ago 6 Feb 2018 DC Daniel Coyle — holds since 2018-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company's culture is largely shaped by its profit margins. — tap to centre the map on it A company's culture is largelyshaped by its profit margins. Last stated a year ago 11 Jun 2025 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2025-06-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Employees follow what their leaders actually do, not what they say to do. — tap to centre the map on it Employees follow what their leadersactually do, not what they say todo. Last stated 12 months ago 17 Oct 2025 JE Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the regularities in culture are not treasures — tap to centre the map on it Most of the regularities in cultureare not treasures Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: What we achieve depends less on how much time we have than on how we use it — tap to centre the map on it What we achieve depends less on howmuch time we have than on how we useit Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Culture is not a set of traits but a contest of signals; improving the signals improves the culture — tap to centre the map on it Culture is not a set of traits but acontest of signals; improving thesignals improves the culture Last stated 9 years ago 6 Feb 2018 DC Daniel Coyle — holds since 2018-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Diversity is not a displacement for core competency — tap to centre the map on it Diversity is not a displacement forcore competency Last stated 5 years ago 10 Jan 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent. — tap to centre the map on it We accept without difficulty thatpeople differ in athletic or musicaltalent, and refuse to accept thatthey differ in academic talent. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: You are not a craftsperson unless you care about the parts of a product that other people do not see. — tap to centre the map on it You are not a craftsperson unlessyou care about the parts of aproduct that other people do notsee. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it A dense-looking building does not byitself create a livable dense suburbwithout supporting schools andshops. Last stated 8 years ago 2 Jun 2018 FS Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — 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 2 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 6 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
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At the centre A group’s culture depends on what its members do, not on who they are Last stated 6 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago Holds Daniel Coyle Read this korrent →