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the principles themselves are useful but here’s the thing: people take them literally and without any context a lot of the times effectively turning them into a
by rantwasp 5y ago
the principles themselves are useful but here’s the thing: people take them literally and without any context a lot of the times effectively turning them into a weapon to show how X and Y don’t show “leadership”.
Here is an example: “Insist on the highest standards” and “Bias for action”. If you have bias for action and want to get shit done you will be dinged for some technically or how the design could have used more work. If you insist in the highest standards you will be dinged for analysis paralysis and told you don’t have bias for action.
- ctvo 5y agoAmazon’s LPs have built in tension. It’s explained away by saying be Right A Lot and judge which side you’re willing to give up.
- efitz 5y agoAlso, if you read “bias for action”, it doesn’t say “go off half cocked”, it specifically says that if a decision is easily reversible then you don’t need to spend as much time investigating it as a decision that’s more permanent.
- rantwasp 5y agolol. the whole easily reversible (or two way door vs one way door) sounds soooo good in theory. You know what? Everything is reversible. The question is not how reversible it is. The question is how much effort does it take. also, people use "bias for action" as an excuse to basically do the first thing they can think off. When you push back they will want you to "disagree and commit" and after that when something, anything is delivered the same ppl are gonna claim they were right. In fact they are "right a lot"
- rantwasp 5y agoI'm sorry but this just does not work. If you are judged by the LPs this will go from "are you embodying these LPs to which one is your weakness". A good boss will coach you on your weaknesses. A bad boss will use this as an excuse to PIP you.