Re:Why it’s difficult to build teams in high growth organisa...
by chiefalchemist on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:34AM
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"The newbies outnumber the veterans in high growth. Default culture is not what pre-exists but whatever new people bring with them. Even with careful selection, it’s unlikely that cultural assumptions match up perfectly."
Default culture? Sure. But the "creation" of default culture is what curated culture is not. The former is an accident, the latter intentional. To expect optimal with little or no effort is simply a rookie mistake.
People are hard. Culture is hard. Both are harder than technology. Technology is relatively easy; people - whether team or marketing to customers - is hard. Unfortunately, many see it the other way around, and that's a mistake. That false assumption makes growth less likely, and stagnation more likely.
Default culture? Sure. But the "creation" of default culture is what curated culture is not. The former is an accident, the latter intentional. To expect optimal with little or no effort is simply a rookie mistake.
People are hard. Culture is hard. Both are harder than technology. Technology is relatively easy; people - whether team or marketing to customers - is hard. Unfortunately, many see it the other way around, and that's a mistake. That false assumption makes growth less likely, and stagnation more likely.