Blomfield: Offhand Founder Remarks at Monzo Sent 30-Person Teams Off Course
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Tom Blomfield, co-founder and former CEO of Monzo, describes the outsized authority founders carry within large organizations and how casual comments could derail entire teams.
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“At Monzo, anytime I said anything, A whole team would, like, spring into action, and even if I didn't intend them to do it, I'd be very careful what I said, because literally I'd come back two weeks later and find 30 people had gone off in crazy tangent.”
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