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Lessons from Netflix: Treat People Like Adults, Build Teams not Families, and Be a Great Place to…
Lessons from Netflix: Treat People Like Adults, Build Teams not Families, and Be a Great Place to…
[Week 4, 2020] How do you build an organization like Netflix? You foster freedom and responsibility, says former Chief Talent Officer.
Andreas Holmer
Apr 10, 2020
Data Analytics: Blindsight, Hindsight, Insights, and Foresight
Data Analytics: Blindsight, Hindsight, Insights, and Foresight
[Week 14, 2021] This week: how different types of data enables different types of analysis.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 22, 2021
🧠 Self-Governance requires a fundamental rethink, Part 1/2
🧠 Self-Governance requires a fundamental rethink, Part 1/2
[Week 21, 2024] Why self-governance is the biggest obstacle on the path to self-organization.
Andreas Holmer
Aug 19
💫 Change your thinking, change the world
💫 Change your thinking, change the world
[Week 14, 2024] In search of a new mental model of organizational design and development.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 30
Hands-On Leadership, Achievement Paradox, Budgetary Control
Hands-On Leadership, Achievement Paradox, Budgetary Control
[Week 39, 2023] Why executives needs hands-on experience, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Dec 20, 2023
Viral Coefficient, Job Goals, and Open Book Management
Viral Coefficient, Job Goals, and Open Book Management
[Week 41, 2023] Why your job is not your job, and other insights.
Andreas Holmer
Jan 2
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🥧 Leverage strengths to create value for key stakeholders
🥧 Leverage strengths to create value for key stakeholders
[Week 33, 2024] Should companies be run for profit or purpose? Alex Edmans’ book Grow the Pie provides the answer.
Andreas Holmer
Nov 10
🗂️ Shared Purpose Separates Autonomy from Independence
🗂️ Shared Purpose Separates Autonomy from Independence
[Week 32, 2024] How and why to afford teams increasing levels of autonomy and freedom
Andreas Holmer
Nov 6
🦹🏻♀️ Use PLCX to Supercharge Your Continuous Improvement Efforts
🦹🏻♀️ Use PLCX to Supercharge Your Continuous Improvement Efforts
[Week 31, 2024] The conclusion to an 8-part introduction to Product-Led Customer Experience (PLCX) design.
Andreas Holmer
Oct 28
📊 A Brief Introduction to Cohort Analytics in PLCX
📊 A Brief Introduction to Cohort Analytics in PLCX
[Week 30, 2024] How and why cohort charts can help you build your product’s growth engine.
Andreas Holmer
Oct 21
🛠️ Build your product’s growth engine with PLCX
🛠️ Build your product’s growth engine with PLCX
[Week 29, 2024] How Product-Led Customer Experience (PLCX) can inform the first version of new products.
Andreas Holmer
Oct 13
🤩 PLCX Canvas, Part 4: How Might We (HMW) and Solutions
🤩 PLCX Canvas, Part 4: How Might We (HMW) and Solutions
[Week 28, 2024] How to solve customer needs and your product’s growth engine
Andreas Holmer
Oct 7
🚀 Self-organization is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed
🚀 Self-organization is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed
[Week 18, 2024] Dispelling the myth that self-organization doesn’t not work.
Andreas Holmer
Oct 5
🧭 PLCX Canvas, Part 3: Key Performance Indicators
🧭 PLCX Canvas, Part 3: Key Performance Indicators
[Week 27, 2024] How and why five KPIs helps you define your product’s growth engine.
Andreas Holmer
Sep 30
💞 PLCX Canvas, Part 2: The PLG Flywheel
💞 PLCX Canvas, Part 2: The PLG Flywheel
[Week 26, 2024] How and why PLCX incorporates the PLG Flywheel.
Andreas Holmer
Sep 25
🎯 PLCX Canvas, Part 1: Ideal Customer Profiles
🎯 PLCX Canvas, Part 1: Ideal Customer Profiles
[Week 25, 2024] How and why ICPs can help us create Product-Led Customer Experiences.
Andreas Holmer
Sep 15
⚙️ Design better products with Product-Led Customer Experience
⚙️ Design better products with Product-Led Customer Experience
[Week 22, 2024] Introducing PLCX — a new product design framework build atop Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Andreas Holmer
Sep 8
🔗 Self-Governance Requires Deep Economic Engagement
🔗 Self-Governance Requires Deep Economic Engagement
[Week 35, 2024] How and why economic engagement plays a crucial role in achieving self-governance.
Andreas Holmer
Sep 2
🧠 Self-Governance requires a fundamental rethink, Part 2/2
🧠 Self-Governance requires a fundamental rethink, Part 2/2
[Week 22, 2024] How and why decentralized financial authority paves the way for self-governance.
Andreas Holmer
Aug 25
📝 Clear writing leads to clear thinking
📝 Clear writing leads to clear thinking
[Week 20, 2024] Writing is not only a means of communication. It also allows us to practice reasoning.
Andreas Holmer
Aug 12
🧅 Self-organization contains multitudes
🧅 Self-organization contains multitudes
[Week 18, 2024] On the differences between self-management, self-direction, and self-governance.
Andreas Holmer
Aug 4
✊🏻 There are five levels of organizational autonomy
✊🏻 There are five levels of organizational autonomy
[Week 17, 2024] The path from control to alignment runs through 5 levels of autonomy.
Andreas Holmer
Jul 31
🗺️ The future of management is less about control and all about alignment
🗺️ The future of management is less about control and all about alignment
[Week 16, 2024] How and why management practices must adapt to changing cirumstances.
Andreas Holmer
Jul 23
👬 The ideal management span varies within organizations
👬 The ideal management span varies within organizations
[Week 15, 2024] The ideal number of direct reports per manager varies depending on these two factors.
Andreas Holmer
Jul 14
🏗️ There is no such thing as an ideal management span
🏗️ There is no such thing as an ideal management span
[Week 14, 2024] Your management span is a product of your innovation need and talent density.
Andreas Holmer
Jul 11
📈 Small but consistent actions generate surprising results
📈 Small but consistent actions generate surprising results
[Week 12, 2024] The path to 300 and what’s next for WorkMatters.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 23
Scale Economies, Consistent Effort, and the Nature of Accounting
Scale Economies, Consistent Effort, and the Nature of Accounting
Successful organizations do three things: they create more value than they capture, they optimize for personal fulfillment, and they remain…
Andreas Holmer
Jun 17
Don’t (Always) Listen to Customers, Control Your Schedule, and Break Down Information Silos
Don’t (Always) Listen to Customers, Control Your Schedule, and Break Down Information Silos
[Week 10, 2024] Ideas on strategic optionality, the nature of knowledge work, and the problem of information silos.
Andreas Holmer
Jun 9
Superlinear Thinking, Reading Habits, and Customer Centricity
Superlinear Thinking, Reading Habits, and Customer Centricity
[Week 9, 2024] Ideas on nonlinear returns, the importance of developing a reading habit, and the connection between purpose and customer…
Andreas Holmer
Jun 2
Dark Software, Life Focus, and Economic Engagement
Dark Software, Life Focus, and Economic Engagement
[Week 8, 2024] Ideas on a new SaaS business model, why to shift one’s focus in life, and the organizational benefits of economic…
Andreas Holmer
May 26
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