Sinek: Tech's 'fail fast' mantra terrifies employees and backfires
Simon Sinek · Why Simon Sinek (still) wants you to find your why | Masters of Scale · Jun 5, 2025 · at 20:50
Author Simon Sinek critiques common Silicon Valley management slogans during an interview with Reid Hoffman on Masters of Scale.
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“One of the aphorisms in tech that has been overused and misused and now abused is this concept of fail fast. And the number of people that, that is That appeals to a very small percentage of a population's mentality, and that you come into a company and say, fail fast, and people don't know what to do. They don't know what it means. Nobody wants to fail. If I fail, I'm gonna get fired.”
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