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#206 John Mackey: Building Whole Foods
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Prioritize Purpose, Learn to Say No
Hiring should focus on addressing specific capabilities rather than simply adding resources. Organizations can suffer from inertia, accumulating departments or projects without evaluating their ongoing necessity, akin to ineffective government practices. Unlike government entities, corporations are pressured by shareholders to maintain profitability, which complicates budget cuts and often leads to morale issues. To avoid building unnecessary complexity, organizations must practice discernment, proactively declining initiatives that do not align with core objectives, rather than accumulating obligations that burden operations.
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