Regardless of whether I look at the different autobiographies, which in essence tell you that there was not just one Steve, Jeff, Elon, and what all their names are but many lower level and often not so well known figures that all together set the tone and direction in that company. So I totally agree that of course it helps to have peop…
Regardless of whether I look at the different autobiographies, which in essence tell you that there was not just one Steve, Jeff, Elon, and what all their names are but many lower level and often not so well known figures that all together set the tone and direction in that company. So I totally agree that of course it helps to have people with such values in the first place. E.g., high standards but it then all comes down to how it trickles down. And it only does if the teams around such figures then also follow through with it and again hold their direct reports accountable to these same values. I guess Amazon, as your example, are a good one given their leadership principles that they all hold so dearly. Similarly when reading BUILD you can tell that high performance or in their case design excellence is a thing that still ripples through Apple. But it’s the people living and breathing that not just one person. It’s like a fire. You need an igniting spark but if there is “no fuel” it would just go out.
This is spot on. The ability to permeate what good looks like when it comes to product, sales, and other functional craft through the ranks of an organization enables "high standards" to be a real thing.
Regardless of whether I look at the different autobiographies, which in essence tell you that there was not just one Steve, Jeff, Elon, and what all their names are but many lower level and often not so well known figures that all together set the tone and direction in that company. So I totally agree that of course it helps to have people with such values in the first place. E.g., high standards but it then all comes down to how it trickles down. And it only does if the teams around such figures then also follow through with it and again hold their direct reports accountable to these same values. I guess Amazon, as your example, are a good one given their leadership principles that they all hold so dearly. Similarly when reading BUILD you can tell that high performance or in their case design excellence is a thing that still ripples through Apple. But it’s the people living and breathing that not just one person. It’s like a fire. You need an igniting spark but if there is “no fuel” it would just go out.
This is spot on. The ability to permeate what good looks like when it comes to product, sales, and other functional craft through the ranks of an organization enables "high standards" to be a real thing.