Hoffman: Founders recreating extreme crisis pressure suffer from survivorship bias
Reid Hoffman · J.J. Abrams: Make room for magic | Masters of Scale · Dec 29, 2023 · at 27:54
Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner) warns founders against assuming that high-stress, close-call conditions should become standard operating practice.
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“Just because you pulled off a feat with an insane degree of difficulty doesn't mean you need to recreate those same conditions to succeed. Sounds obvious, right? But too often, founders come away from a close call thinking that constant extreme pressure is the key to success, because look at the amazing things it made the team do. But this can lead to bad work habits at best, Or even dangerous gambles with your team's mental and physical safety.”
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