Uber's Toxic Culture

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Uber's mission was to make transportation as easy to access as running water. As the company scaled rapidly, so did its toxic culture and bad business tactics. In February 2017, a blog post by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler blew the lid off the misogyny and harassment that was rife at the company. Ariana Huffington became deeply involved in trying to fix the company's culture. The board set out to rid Uber of brilliant jerks but a lot of work remained for Dara.

Early-stage startups are a lot like pirate ships — they need a buccaneering spirit to survive. But every startup needs to shed its pirate nature at some point, and evolve into something more akin to a navy — no less heroic, but more disciplined. Dara Khosrowshahi, as Uber CEO, took on the most extreme pirate-to-navy transition in startup history. Though Uber blitzscaled to become the most valuable startup in the world, it was also notorious for its toxic culture — and Dara turned the company around. His method? Truth-telling and doing the right thing

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