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Evidently publicly drinking the kool aid is the 7th lesson op learned. There are maybe 3 actual lessons, and quite a few “Shopify is so great” lessons. Separat
by soared 6y ago
Evidently publicly drinking the kool aid is the 7th lesson op learned. There are maybe 3 actual lessons, and quite a few “Shopify is so great” lessons.
Separately, I cannot possibly imagine an internal podcast is anything but awful.
- baxtr 6y agoWhy would you say that? I think an internal podcast is just another communication tool. The natural extension of an internal blog
- scollet 6y agoI don't get it. Is it an update? A dissemination? A directive? Just for funsies? I worked at a place with an internal podcast and never had time to listen during work hours and doubted I would learn anything I didn't from trusted water cooler comrades. I just get Heaven's Gate vibes with an updated medium, honestly.
- erhk 6y agoHow is an internal podcast the most effective communication tool? What advantages are there to a doc or a recorded meeting?
- swyx 6y agoclassic Hacker news move to hate the idea of something on sight without having tried it
- chiph 6y agoOne of the main duties of executives is communication to employees, to make sure that everyone is swimming in the same direction. For a small firm, Friday afternoon beer bashes work. For a mid-sized firm, those usually slip to monthly events and the beer quality drops.. For a large firm getting everyone into the same room for a meeting isn't possible any more - either because they're remote (especially so these days) or there just isn't a room large enough. So something like a podcast or a Teams meeting becomes the best way to communicate with everyone.
- Aeolun 6y agoMy company can still get it’s entire HQ into one room by renting the ballroom of a large hotel. The beer is average, and it happens only twice a year, but the worst part is that the executives are talking mostly air. I think they’re good people, but I can’t say I’m interested in what they’re showing me. Last time they were talking about remodelling the office to be more ‘open’, and I asked if anyone had given any consideration to how easy it would be to focus there? Nobody had.
- kaelig 6y agoWe have 20 internal podcasts, and they're actually really good, especially the Context podcast mentioned by OP.