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I think this is incredibly important for people to internalize as well, because there will be folks in my sphere who will point to, well, this is how open source works. And my unterpoint is you need to study those examples to understand that none of those things actually work this way. Soas jus like complete disaster, you are doing the absolute opposite of enabling your high performers. It's a fundamental reason why, if you have experience and this is presented to you, you'd push back and say, oh no, this is a perfect recipe for us to kind of go out of business sooner. Is at your objective.

Katie Wilde, the VP of Engineering at Ambassador Labs, joins us to spill the tea on Holacracy and decentralized management systems. Find out why these organizational structures don’t work for companies building software and how they can drive your best people away.

Katie also shared how her previous company, Buffer, transitioned from a Holacracy into a strong engineering leadership culture, through goal-oriented 1:1s, effective feedback, and creating a strong sense of responsibility among its leaders.

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