Thread by @TaylorPearsonMe

1/ What are your favorite resources on helping teams ship faster?

I'll start....

2/ Amazon seems to be the most well-known example of a company that ships quickly despite it's size. Some favorite resources there...

Stevey's Platform Rant: gist.github.com/chitchcock/128…

Why Amazon is eating the world by @zackkanter - techcrunch.com/2017/05/14/why…

3/ The Everything Store: The Everything Store: amazon.com/Everything-Sto…

The shareholder letters: medium.com/@austenallred/…

4/ @stratechery has a few good articles on company structure and how that impacts the speed at which companies move - stratechery.com/concept/incent…

5/ My personal experience is that keeping time size small is probably the most important factor as each additional person adds significant communication overhead.

6/ @naval has some great guidelines on building teams that ship - nav.al/build-a-team-t…

7/ Some basic processes seem to help. Well outlined in Work the System -amazon.com/Work-System-Me… (My summary and implementation- taylorpearson.me/hiring-and-man…)

Traction also a popular book on this topic - amazon.com/Traction-Get-G…

8/ Having clear goals at the organization and individual levels also seems to be a major factor.

OKRs are the popular way to do this - medium.com/startup-tools/…

9/ Meeting structure and communication protocols seem to matter a lot. Too many and nothing gets done, too few and people lack context so things have to get reversed or undone.

10/ Weekly 1-on-1s with direct reports (7 max, 3-5 ideal) combined with one weekly department meeting is currently my preferred solution

(Assuming if they are managed tightly with a clear agenda)

11/ The OODA loops is a generally helpful framework for increasing tempo, though it requires a lot of thinking about how to implement it - taylorpearson.me/ooda-loop/

12/ What else should I add? What are your favorite resources for helping teams ship faster?