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behavioural science Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A team made up of people with similar personality traits ends up lacking the strengths that more varied traits would provide. A team made up of people with similar personality traits ends up lacking the strengths that more varied traits would provide. Last stated 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 same composition of people and skill sets. Last stated 6 months ago
28 Apr 2026
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Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Talent density is self-protecting: once a team is made of A players it will only hire more of them and will not tolerate anyone who is not performing. — tap to centre the map on it Talent density is self-protecting: once a team is made of A players it will only hire more of them and will not tolerate anyone who is not performing. Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Relying more and more on one's existing strengths eventually stops being a winning strategy. — tap to centre the map on it Relying more and more on one's existing strengths eventually stops being a winning strategy. Last stated 11 months ago
1 Dec 2025
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Brandon Taylor — holds since 2025-12-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hire for a person’s unique strengths rather than for their lack of weaknesses, because a team exists to cover what any one person is not. — tap to centre the map on it Hire for a person’s unique strengths rather than for their lack of weaknesses, because a team exists to cover what any one person is not. Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
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Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The most common personality type in a population tends to pair well with every other type, making it valuable on any team. — tap to centre the map on it The most common personality type in a population tends to pair well with every other type, making it valuable on any team. Last stated 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Design teams work better structured around giving designers broad scope than around features and narrow parts of the pie. — tap to centre the map on it Design teams work better structured around giving designers broad scope than around features and narrow parts of the pie. Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
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Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Fixing an understaffed team by moving people off other teams does not work, because people are not fungible and the argument inevitably turns political. — tap to centre the map on it Fixing an understaffed team by moving people off other teams does not work, because people are not fungible and the argument inevitably turns political. Last stated 8 years ago
17 Jun 2018
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline. — tap to centre the map on it A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline. Last stated 8 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company should stay small until it reaches product/market fit, so it can still pivot. — tap to centre the map on it A company should stay small until it reaches product/market fit, so it can still pivot. Last stated 8 years ago
11 May 2018
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Matt Mochary — holds since 2018-05-11 — 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 contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. Last stated 3 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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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 engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality
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Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint
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Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. Last stated a week ago
29 Oct 2026
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Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. Last stated 138 years ago
3 Sept 1888
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Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. Last stated 6 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection — tap to centre the map on it A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection
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Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are
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A team made up of people with similar personality traits ends up lacking the strengths that more varied traits would provide.
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Not every team has to have the same composition of people and skill sets.
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Talent density is self-protecting: once a team is made of A players it will only hire more of them and will not tolerate anyone who is not performing.
Holds
Relying more and more on one's existing strengths eventually stops being a winning strategy.
Holds
Hire for a person’s unique strengths rather than for their lack of weaknesses, because a team exists to cover what any one person is not.
Holds
The most common personality type in a population tends to pair well with every other type, making it valuable on any team.
Holds
Design teams work better structured around giving designers broad scope than around features and narrow parts of the pie.
Holds
Fixing an understaffed team by moving people off other teams does not work, because people are not fungible and the argument inevitably turns political.
Holds
A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline.
Holds
A company should stay small until it reaches product/market fit, so it can still pivot.
Holds
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Holds
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.
Holds
'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality
Last stated c. 1785
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A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint
Last stated c. 1892
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A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers.
Holds
A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent.
Holds
A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead.
Holds
A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection
Last stated c. 1871–1874
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