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One on One with A and Z #10: The Impact of System Design on Culture

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Andy Grove's Plac on the Wall

Andy grove was famous for writing up messy desks. He would say, like, we can't make mistakes in this business. And so people were afraid to keep their desk messy. After he retired and had parkinson's, i went to see him in his office with a roll of toilet paper. I said, wipe up your bull shit, and then tell me when you're going to have it up to speck. They got it up to the highest rateod facility at all, eventell,. You know, in the next quarter. And then they gave me the word.

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