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Brilliant process management is our strategy. We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes. We observe that our competitors often get average (or worse) results from brilliant people managing broken processes. —Daniel T. Jones, Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy
John Seiffer • Output Thinking: Scale Faster, Manage Better, Transform Your Company
The research on innovation identifies this as a common problem for managers as companies grow. Barnholt calls it the tyranny of large numbers, explaining that “there’s a natural tendency to think in terms of bigger bets as you get to be bigger.”
Peter Sims • Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
Pretend that the business you own—or want to own—is the prototype, or will be the prototype, for 5,000 more just like it. That your business is going to serve as the model for 5,000 more just like it. Not almost like it, but just like it. Perfect replicates. Clones. In other words, pretend that you are going to franchise your business. (Note: I sai
... See moreMichael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
“Do you want to be a $200 million company with a twenty percent margin or a $10 billion company with a five percent
John Rossman • The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company
Para Bill, ser executivo de uma empresa de sucesso tem a ver com gestão, com a criação de excelência operacional. Como gestor e CEO, Bill sabia muito bem como garantir que suas equipes tivessem bom desempenho. Ele unia as pessoas e criava uma forte cultura de equipe, mas nunca perdia de vista o fato de que os resultados eram importantes, e que eram
... See moreEric Schimdt • O coach de um trilhão de dólares: O manual de liderança do Vale do Silício (Portuguese Edition)
They called the company Warby Parker, combining the names of two characters created by the novelist Jack Kerouac, who inspired them to break free from the shackles of social pressure and embark on their adventure. They admired his rebellious spirit, infusing it into their culture. And it paid off.
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Reed Hastings • No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Because business is wasteful, and because complexity and waste feed on each other, a simple business will always be better than a complex business. Because scale is normally valuable, for any given level of complexity, it is better to have a larger business. The large and simple business is the best. The way to create something great is to create s
... See moreRichard Koch • The 80/20 Principle
Many entrepreneurs learned best-hiring practices from the book Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People by Bradford