How to Hire a First Principal Thinker

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First principle thinking is the idea that everything you do is underpinned by foundational belief or first principles. A first principale thinker will constantly ask, what's best for the company? And couldn't we do it this other way instead? These are the kinds of inquisitive minds that read hastings wanted to unleash on net flicks for virtually every decision. In some people that frustrates but those are probably not the peop that's a good match for an etflix....

As Reed Hastings steps down from his co-CEO role at Netflix, we return to the leadership lessons he shared in his original Masters of Scale episode. This episode is all about how you need a strong culture to build a company that will scale beyond the early start-up days. And strong company cultures only emerge when every employee feels they own the culture from day 1. Here's how Reed Hastings and his team at Netflix did it – and made their culture deck famous in the process. Cameo appearances: Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn), Aneel Bhusri (Workday), Margaret Heffernan (entrepreneur), Tristan Walker (Walker & Co.), Mariam Naficy (Minted).

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