Brody: Define internal organizational issues before opening new hiring roles
Jack Brody · Snap's VP of Product Jack Brody: The Future of AR; Snap Glasses; Evan Spiegel's Product Mind | E1006 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 26, 2023 · at 36:43
Jack Brody is VP of Product at Snap. Speaking on hiring strategy with 20VC host Harry Stebbings, he explains why founders should diagnose organizational needs using design thinking before opening new requisitions.
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“Before you start the process of actually looking for a candidate, you have to understand and define the problems within your organization that needs solving through hiring somebody new. And I think what you find when you do that exercise is that oftentimes you can solve those problems by changing something existing within the organization. Changing a process, moving somebody between roles, changing their scope or the responsibilities, doing a reorg. All of these things are different tools you have at your disposal, disposal to solve a problem without necessarily needing to bring in some.”
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