Harold Jarche posted this to the internal Internet Time Alliance network yesterday: “Check out slides 115-118″ http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-2009. I did. I was blown away.
Here ’tis:
Culture (Original 2009 version) from Reed Hastings
I’m writing the sequel to Informal Learning. Yet here, the CEO of Netflix gave most of my message four years ago in four slides. Four freaking slides. In case you don’t have time for the whole presentation, here are slides Harold recommended:
This is beautiful because it is honest, clear, and reasonable.
If everyone in an organization pledged allegiance to these principles, organizations would be better places.
The author is the CEO and Co-founder of Netflix. I’m going to do my damnest to find out how he came to this enlightened stance.
Jay – thanks for re-posting this — strong, simple message aligned with my own thinking.
A couple things — most large matrixed corporations say the 3rd point — people own and manage their own careers. However, in the same breath they want them to be a certain type of professional or leader or manager. They want them to fit into a certain cultural context — and I find these these two things at odds with each other to a certain extent. There is a perceived risk and loss of control when you allow people to develop themselves. So yes, develop and lead yourself and as a long as your goals are aligned with the organization’s goals, it will probably work.
Doesn’t Reed Hasting’s philosophy also pre-suppose that we have the skills and capacity to lead ourselves? That somewhere along the way no one stopped us from learning for ourselves and/or we learned how to learn and lead ourselves. Not everyone has that capability or it’s been squished out of them by working in the modern world.
Still mulling over my perceived contradictions.