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443: Why Simon Sinek Says There’s No Winning in Business

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

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Are You Playing a Game That Doesn't Exist?

"There's no such thing as winning business. Think of it like the best analogy is, is like trying to be healthy," he says. "It's totally fine to have arbitrary goals." But when we calculate the end all based on these arbitrary numbers and dates, we can sometimes incentivize behavior where people will do unethical things or stab each other in the back simply to hit a number so that they can get their bonus,. It does damage to a team where trend data is actually more important.

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