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Tobi Lütke: The belief that micromanagement is bad destroyed massive business value

Tobi L–tke · Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke: Remote Work vs In-Person; The Benefit of Setting Constraints | E997 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 3, 2023 · at 1:07:44

Tobi Lütke is the founder and CEO of Shopify. During a discussion on leadership styles, he argues against the prevailing corporate consensus that micromanagement should be avoided.

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“I think there's probably no singular idea that has destroyed more business value on planet Earth than the idea that Micromanagement is a bad thing.”

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