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16 connected korrents · 15 moments from 23 Jan 2012 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under management management Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under robotics robotics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People need heroes and the belief that human action makes a difference, and leaders are part of that story People need heroes and the belief thathuman action makes a difference, andleaders are part of that story JM James G. March — holds since c. 2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: People love leadership, including the leadership they complain about, and there is something wonderful about being part of a group that is being led. — tap to centre the map on it People love leadership, includingthe leadership they complain about,and there is something wonderfulabout being part of a group that isbeing led. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — 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: Individuals have little power alone, but collective action gives people substantial power. — tap to centre the map on it Individuals have little power alone,but collective action gives peoplesubstantial power. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 JZ Jeffrey Zeldman — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs both a flat inventive team and a large operational one, and the leader's real job is the relationship between them. — tap to centre the map on it A company needs both a flatinventive team and a largeoperational one, and the leader'sreal job is the relationship betweenthem. Last stated 5 months ago 26 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The skills required to lead people are the same skills required to lead AI systems. — tap to centre the map on it The skills required to lead peopleare the same skills required to leadAI systems. Last stated a month ago 19 Aug 2026 ML Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Processes that require honest participation need to be seen by the participants as intrinsically valuable — tap to centre the map on it Processes that require honestparticipation need to be seen by theparticipants as intrinsicallyvaluable Last stated 3 years ago 30 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good leaders lead by example rather than by mandate. — tap to centre the map on it Good leaders lead by example ratherthan by mandate. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 ML Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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 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 company should always have as few employees as possible, and hiring is the lever a leader reaches for last rather than first. — tap to centre the map on it A company should always have as fewemployees as possible, and hiring isthe lever a leader reaches for lastrather than first. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — 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 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
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At the centre People need heroes and the belief that human action makes a difference, and leaders are part of that story Last stated c. 2013 Holds James G. March Read this korrent →