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The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
#158 Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work
Feb 7, 2023
Aaron Dignan, founder of The Ready, discusses the need for new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming in organizations. He explores the pitfalls of bureaucracy, the loss of creativity and serendipity, and organizations sabotaging themselves. He also touches on flaws in the education system, the power of habits and rituals, and the value of retrospectives in the workplace.
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- Large companies are not monolithic entities but rather collections of small groups with their own principles and minimal interaction.
- Work feels broken because of bureaucracy and lack of incentives to eliminate it. Solutions should focus on removing obstacles to employees' best work.
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The Illusion of Big Companies
The speaker emphasizes that there is no such thing as a big company, but rather a collection of small groups operating under the same banner. Each group lives with its own shared principles and rarely interacts with other divisions. This understanding challenges the common perception of large companies as monolithic entities.
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