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Read this korrent: An organization that demands trust ends up with less of it than one that shows its work instead.
An organization that demands trust ends up with less of it than one that shows its work instead.
Last stated 3 months ago
12 Jul 2026
BS
Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Employees who deliver results but cannot put the company first make it impossible to build trust and a culture of open, honest communication. — tap to centre the map on it
Employees who deliver results but cannot put the company first make it impossible to build trust and a culture of open, honest communication.
Last stated 4 years ago
22 Nov 2022
GB
Gibson Biddle — holds since 2022-11-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who do not yet trust each other are better served by tightly limited ways to interact. — tap to centre the map on it
People who do not yet trust each other are better served by tightly limited ways to interact.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jan 2023
DC
Daniel Cook — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse. — tap to centre the map on it
A team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse.
Last stated a month ago
3 Sept 2026
TH
Tim Harford — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Earning more is an outer game you do not control; wanting less is an inner game you do. — tap to centre the map on it
Earning more is an outer game you do not control; wanting less is an inner game you do.
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Sept 2024
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2024-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Fast-growing companies will never achieve full pairwise trust between all employees. — tap to centre the map on it
Fast-growing companies will never achieve full pairwise trust between all employees.
Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jul 2024
BK
Ben Kuhn — holds since 2024-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers should fight for what they think is right rather than trust anyone else, because trusting others will most likely dilute the idea and make it worse. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers should fight for what they think is right rather than trust anyone else, because trusting others will most likely dilute the idea and make it worse.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Mar 2026
JP
Josh Puckett — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Companies rarely grant employees the trust required to execute risky or controversial tasks unless they are cofounders or founding engineers — tap to centre the map on it
Companies rarely grant employees the trust required to execute risky or controversial tasks unless they are cofounders or founding engineers
Last stated a week ago
10 Oct 2026
GO
Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because one person has more leverage than ever, a team can hire fewer people and give the ones it hires better salaries. — tap to centre the map on it
Because one person has more leverage than ever, a team can hire fewer people and give the ones it hires better salaries.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
29 Sept 2026
DM
Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than 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 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 the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs 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 company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort — tap to centre the map on it
A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Mar 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — tap for who they are
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