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MindSpring Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet

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Management, leadership & organizations

What it is

An animated adaptation of Captain David Marquet's talk on greatness, based on his book Turn the Ship Around!. It argues for pushing decision-making down to the people doing the work instead of controlling everything from the top.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it as a compact illustration of empowered, decentralized leadership, for founders and for managers who try to control everything.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Watch this: as a jumpstart to getting your org ready for life without you”

    Prepares an org to run without its founder via empowered leadership.

    endlessvoid94, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: I don't want to be a founder anymore”

  2. “The value is in the audio but the animation is entertaining.”

    Animated talk on management; the audio carries the value.

    hnrodey, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “Steve Jobs on how to hire, manage, and lead people [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: david marquet, turn the ship around, empowerment, management, delegation

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