It Will Never End - 12.23
Top Update:
Happy Holidays!
New York City does a great job with Holiday Cheer - hope everyone is enjoying the season.
Top Writing:
Top Tweets:
This was a text sent from Jack Dorsey to all Block employees:
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TLDR:
1 - No more annual reviews (need to happen more frequently)
I agree here - annual is far too infrequent. Constant/immediate feedback is necessary to shape behavior. If you're waiting 1/year to have both GOOD and BAD conversations, it won't work.
2 - Simplification of reviews
Exceeds, meets, or falls below expectations. Those are the metrics
3 - Publicity of reviews
Everyone's feedback will be open for all others to view at the company. At first glance, I didn't love it. But thinking on it more, I do. Transparency wins. And the high-level exceed/meet/below isn't exposing anything groundbreaking to other org members; that nuance is between the lead/direct report.
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For these reasons, humans are TERRIBLE at predicting the future.
Recently also read a fantastic quote from the Lessons of History:
Top Resource:
Charlie Munger passed away in late November. He was Warren Buffet's partner at Berkshire, a legendary investor and advisor to many.
Stripe has made his book, Poor Charlie's Almanac, available for all (completely free) - it's a must-read:
https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack
His three rules for a career:
1 - Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself
2 - Don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire
3 - Work only with people you enjoy
See ya next year!
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Till next time,
ck
It Will Never End
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