Admire: Patrick collision, Brian chesky, Brian Armstrong

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Admiration for Patrick Collison's leadership style stems from his rigorous approach that values nuance while simplifying complex matters. Brian Chesky's influence is seen in his ability to share relevant experiences and handle difficult situations such as COVID and layoffs with finesse. Brian Armstrong is commended for his clear thinking, conviction in decision-making, and guidance on building company culture, leading to the adoption of radical transparency practices within the company and fostering a culture of experimentation and courage.

This is business writing like you’ve never seen it before.

Sam Corcos is the founder of a $300 million company called Levels. He’s built a culture of intellectual rigor by hiring excellent writers and giving them time to think on paper. But don’t get it twisted — a successful “writing-first work culture” is far more than grammatically correct Slack messages and the occasional memo.

“95% of people would not be happy working in the culture that we’ve built. And the 5% who would be have been looking for this their entire lives.” – Sam

In this episode, we go deep (and I mean, deep) into what makes business writing work. Sam reveals how to use writing to: