organization

also referred to as: organizations

9 statements across 9 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Dec 29, 2022 by Matt Mochary · across every show →

Everything said about organization, oldest first

Dec 29, 2022
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Mochary: Adding employees increases organizational overhead geometrically
“Every additional human you have in your organization. Causes extra overhead and geometrically so because now that you have to keep all those people informed, give them all context, make them all feel heard”
Matt Mochary Dec 29, 2022 ▶ 56:15 Countdown of the top 10 episodes of the year
Sep 21, 2023 negative
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Gilad: Most organizations treat MVPs as rebranded beta releases
“One of the patterns I see is that organizations don't know that they can actually learn at a much lower cost. They believe they need to build this elaborate MVP, which is not minimal in any way. And then launch it, and then they will discover it. Basically, it…”
Itamar Gilad Sep 21, 2023 ▶ 50:21 Becoming evidence-guided | Itamar Gilad (Gmail, YouTube, Microsoft)
Oct 29, 2023 positive
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Ries: Organizations must embed ethical promises into structural governance
“If you want your organization to be trustworthy, the promises it makes, if you want to win the public's trust by making promises they can believe, you have to embody those promises in the structure of the organization itself, so that even if you weren't there,…”
Eric Ries Oct 29, 2023 ▶ 1:35:04 Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
Jan 21, 2024 neutral
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Corporate strategy usually fails due to conflicting internal interests and power struggles
“The problem of strategy inside an organization Is diversity of interest and fear of action. Because action, when you do something in an organization of any size, it involves people changing what they do. It involves changing power relationships among humans in…”
Richard Rumelt Jan 21, 2024 ▶ 1:15:45 Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt
Jan 28, 2024
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A Company's Nervous System Reflects Its CEO's
“The nervous system of an organization is a reflection of the nervous system of the CEO.”
Jonny Miller Jan 28, 2024 ▶ 1:03:41 Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous Systems Mastery)
Apr 25, 2024 negative
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Robin: Leaders must not make their organizations dependent on them
“The worst thing a leader can do is make an organization too dependent on them. If you care about building a sustainable long-term organization and a legacy, then it behooves you not to make the organization very dependent on you.”
Carole Robin Apr 25, 2024 ▶ 1:21:59 How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Stanford professor, “Touchy Feely”)
Jun 15, 2025 negative
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Gridley: A protagonist mindset across employees makes an organization inefficient and combative
“If every single one of those people is operating from their own, like protagonist viewpoint of this is how I actually see the world. This is what I think we're here to do. And I need to convince everyone around me at all times. Like it becomes extremely ineffi…”
Hilary Gridley Jun 15, 2025 ▶ 51:57 How to build a team that can “take a punch” | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core Product, Whoop)
Aug 21, 2025 neutral
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McCabe: Future organizations will definitely be smaller and flatter with AI
“They'll definitely be smaller. They'll be flatter because of that.”
Eoghan McCabe Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 43:09 How Intercom rose from the ashes by betting everything on AI | Eoghan McCabe (founder and CEO)
Jul 12, 2026 neutral
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Segal: Access to the best AI models will not determine organizational success
“Having the most advanced AI and the access to the best models in the world won't determine whether your organization succeeds.”
Noam Segal Jul 12, 2026 ▶ 1:23:16 Why the AI’s honeymoon is ending (and tech workers are feeling it) | Noam Segal
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