Ben Horowitz — What You Do Is Who You Are >> Lessons from Silicon Valley, Andy Grove, Genghis Khan, Slave Revolutions, and More (#392)



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  • Sharpen the contradictions
    • For disagreements, don't smooth things over.
    • Sharpen the contradictions
    • There's info within the arguments that could hint at systemic miscommunication, mis alignment of strategy etc.
  • The hard thing about hard things
    • High performance output
    • What you do is who you are.
  • Culture is a shared set of behaviors
    • Bushido - samurai culture
    • What are the behaviors that show that we really are doing what we believe?
  • You can change culture
    • You don't have to get it right the first time
  • Culture is often thrown around as vague concepts.