#business #business # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Related - [[Habit]] - [[Louis/Values|My culture]] - [[Common knowledge in startups]] # Culture >Ideally, you want your Standard of Performance, your philosophy and methodology, to be so strong and solidly ingrained that in your absence the team performs as if you were present, on site. They’ve become so proficient, highly mobilized, and well prepared that in a sense you’re extraneous; everything you’ve preached and personified has been integrated and absorbed; roles have been established and people are able to function at a high level because they understand and believe in what you’ve taught them, that is, the most effective and productive way of doing things accompanied by the most productive attitude while doing them. >~ [[Bill Walsh - The Score Takes Care of Itself]] >Your beliefs become your thoughts, >Your thoughts become your words, >Your words become your actions, >Your actions become your habits, >Your habits become your values, >Your values become your destiny >~ [[Mahatma Gandhi - Gandhi An Autobiography|Mahatma Gandhi]] ![[Pasted image 20221011202216.png]] Culture is like [[Habit]]s, you [[Common knowledge in startups|automate decision making in human minds]], you turn system 2 conscious thinking into automated, intuitive system 1 thinking >I think culture, to some degree is a resolution to a bandwidth problem. In the sense that, when you start out working on something you are coding all the time, but you can't code all the things that you think the product may need >~ [[Patrick Collison]] ## Maintaining culture over time >One of the reasons for evolving your culture is the “Ship of [[Theseus]]” paradox. The ancient historian [[Plutarch]] coined the term in reference to the ship on which the mythical hero [[Theseus]] returned to Athens after slaying the [[Minotaur]]. As the legend goes, the Athenians had preserved the famous vessel by replacing broken parts with new wood, until at last none of the original wood remained. [[Plutarch]] reported that philosophers argued strenuously, and without resolution, over whether the ship of replacement parts was still the Ship of [[Theseus]] >~ [[Reid Hoffman - Reid Hoffman - Blitzscaling - The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies - libgen.li|Reid Hoffman]] It is like trying to keep a flame burning for a long period of time. Even with the best of intentions and plenty of fuel, the flame can flicker and eventually die out if it is not carefully tended to. Similarly, it can be challenging to maintain a strong company culture over time, as the original values and principles may be forgotten or degraded if not actively nurtured and perpetuated. ## Stripe - who we hire - what do we do every day, why we do it - way we communicate - "culture is the invariant that you want to maintain, as you get specifically involved in fewer and fewer decisions over time." -> [[Common knowledge in startups]] ## Airbnb - here for the mission, not for a job, a salary <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/px5rgcNjOTc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ![[Pasted image 20220815150604.png]] ![[Pasted image 20220815150647.png]] ![[Pasted image 20220815150759.png]] ## Barett model ![[Pasted image 20221011202846.png]] ## Red flags #to-digest red flag breaking culture # Links <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qnNHW6TYv5I" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ## Ideas - Book why we sleep: some company give money bonus for ppl sleeping more (based on biotech sensors data)