No Rules Rules by Erin Meyer

I was expecting to hate this book and instead I loved it.

Together, Erin Meyer and Reed Hastings essentially document their analysis of the key principles that drive how Netflix operates.

It became apparent fairly quickly that many company leaders are doing a bad lip-reading of how they think Netflix operates. At best, they’ve read this book and ignored some of the critical steps:

1. Increase talent density by paying for the best, and then pay them to leave when they’re objectively no longer the best.
2. Remove controls (like vacation leave, and decision hierarchies) and increase freedom, autonomy, and accountability.
3. Cultivate a culture of feedback by training everyone, and role modelling.
4. Lead with context, not control.

The book reminded me of An Everyone Culture and Principles but easier to read, more practical advice.