Thread by @TaylorHoliday

If you are interested in culture-building within a company,

I want to have a conversation...

To start I need you to read this article from @balajis

1729.com/founding-vs-in…

Then let's talk about a couple things... 👇🏼

I resonated DEEPLY with this idea of "Read-only Culture"
and producing it is one of my biggest concerns as a leader...

You can dive further into the concept in this thread:

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1309077444444524544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

continuing...

I find that having ideas is probably the easiest part of leading an organization.

Communicating those ideas clearly and consistently enough such that they are understood by everyone is orders of magnitude more difficult.

But even that isn't enough...

The real key is actually creating a culture that can produce and evolve the ideas into new creations.

"If children can't write the scripts of their parents, if their access to ancestral culture is read-only, then that culture won't be replicated"

For your organization to produce new life, ideas and solutions it must be able to recreate [and apply] the ideas they have been taught from first principles.

Its the difference between memorizing an equation (like v x cr x ltv - vc = $) and understanding its application broadly

But this kind of teaching and training is FAR more difficult.

I find myself constantly wanting to switch to "read-only" style training (follow this step-by-step guide, decision trees, daily routines etc.) because in theory, they are easier to teach and produce results faster.

BUT I think they have real long-term consequences in our world.

eCommerce is what Range author @DavidEpstein would call a "wicked environment". One in which there are rarely repetitive patterns and the rules of the game are constantly changing.

There is no "playbook" only principles.

So my question to you is, do you agree?

If no, what am I missing?

If yes, how do ensure your ideas don't become "read-only" inside your company?

@Dean_Dubs know you have thoughts here.