Culture
Why a Flat Organizational Structure Fails 11 minutes read.
I agree that, at scale, using Flat Org structure can easily break communication and increase overhead instead of reducing it. It also guarantees that a lot of your energy will be focused internally, sharing context ineffectively, instead of focusing on customers. That being said, practicing it at small scale can create a lot of leaders that would help you build the structure you'll need.
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Feature Creep Isn’t the Real Problem 10 minutes read.
I've witnessed this myself, and sadly contributed to it before: "A team builds their product via development by committee. Everyone has a little bit of input, but incentives for individuals and teams are misaligned and not related to customers’ needs. This leads to a collection of features that aren’t tightly tied to helping customers achieve their goals." -- Hiten Shah explains how to set the focus on the customers, sharing a personal story of how he failed with his product Vision Web Hosting due to: "Too many cooks with different motivations plagued product development from the beginning."
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Catalysts and Psychological Safety 9 minutes read.
"Catalysts are underrated" -- I'd start by reading this section first and then start at the beginning. Tom Bartel will get you thinking about the credit your catalysts get from you and your teammates.
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