hackertube.io

Inno-Versity Presents: Greatness by David Marquet

Speakers Spotlight · talk · Watch on YouTube

Management, leadership & organizationsShips, submarines & maritime

What it is

Retired submarine captain David Marquet explains, with drawings, how he turned the USS Santa Fe around by treating his crew as leaders rather than followers. It summarizes the ideas of his book Turn the Ship Around.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a short, illustrated take on empowering teams instead of giving orders.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Also here's a great speech given by the David Marquet (with drawings!) on the same topic”

    Illustrated speech by the author on turning followers into leaders.

    hughpeters, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “The first non-bullshit book about culture I've read”

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

Topics: david marquet, empowerment, team culture, management, turn the ship around

Also recommended by the same people