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← Giving people more responsibility than they qualify for reveals who can handle it and produces pretty good people.

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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under government government Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under hiring hiring Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Giving people more responsibility than they qualify for reveals who can handle it and produces pretty good people. Giving people more responsibility thanthey qualify for reveals who can handle itand produces pretty good people. Last stated 11 months ago 2 Dec 2025 MB Michael Batnick — holds since 2025-12-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: It matters more to create an environment where people can be their most excellent selves than to prescribe their precise moves. — tap to centre the map on it It matters more to create anenvironment where people can betheir most excellent selves than toprescribe their precise moves. Last stated 10 months ago 18 Jan 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people are fundamentally good, which makes the risk of trusting them worth taking. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are fundamentally good,which makes the risk of trustingthem worth taking. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Mar 2024 MM Mark Manson — holds since 2024-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People don't really control most outcomes, so the sensible response to events is to look for the good in them. — tap to centre the map on it People don't really control mostoutcomes, so the sensible responseto events is to look for the good inthem. Last stated 4 years ago 21 Sept 2022 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2022-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-organised state can make people good citizens even if not morally good people — tap to centre the map on it A well-organised state can makepeople good citizens even if notmorally good people IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — 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: People should take on far more accountability, because in modern society failure is not that much to fear. — tap to centre the map on it People should take on far moreaccountability, because in modernsociety failure is not that much tofear. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: By pursuing their own interest, people frequently serve society better than when they set out to serve it — tap to centre the map on it By pursuing their own interest,people frequently serve societybetter than when they set out toserve it Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society keeps rebuilding itself around credentials, but the companies that build great things hire the people who do great work, not the people with the certificates. — tap to centre the map on it Society keeps rebuilding itselfaround credentials, but thecompanies that build great thingshire the people who do great work,not the people with thecertificates. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2025 TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. — tap to centre the map on it AI favours tiny teams of high-agencyindividual contributors with blurredroles, and the coordinating manageris not needed until it is time topolish. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Mar 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it Every company eventually must fightfor its life instead of running fromthe battle Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is essential to build an organization that can absorb spiky, unconventional talent. — tap to centre the map on it It is essential to build anorganization that can absorb spiky,unconventional talent. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Leaders who impose their decisions instead of acting dialogically do not organize the people but manipulate them — tap to centre the map on it Leaders who impose their decisionsinstead of acting dialogically donot organize the people butmanipulate them PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Delaying critical feedback robs someone of the chance to improve, for the sake of protecting your own feelings. — tap to centre the map on it Delaying critical feedback robssomeone of the chance to improve,for the sake of protecting your ownfeelings. Last stated a year ago by 11 Jul 2025 LR Lee Robinson — holds since 2025-07-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Facing an existential threat may be the scariest thing in business, and many will do anything to avoid it — tap to centre the map on it Facing an existential threat may bethe scariest thing in business, andmany will do anything to avoid it Last stated 15 years ago 13 Nov 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Generosity is an antidote to fear: people get hung up on how risky a brave act feels and fail to focus on how generous it is. — tap to centre the map on it Generosity is an antidote to fear:people get hung up on how risky abrave act feels and fail to focus onhow generous it is. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Apr 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Giving people more responsibility than they qualify for reveals who can handle it and produces pretty good people. Last stated 2 Dec 2025 · 11 months ago Holds Michael Batnick Read this korrent →