Our operating principles are a huge part of what makes working at Ona (formerly Gitpod) unique. And much of how we shaped them came from the work our executive team, and wider company have done with The Art of Accomplishment and Joe Hudson. Last week, our CEO, Johannes Landgraf sat down with Joe to talk about what it means to build with intention. Take a listen👇
Here’s what I learned from working with the executive coach of Sam Altman over the last 3y: - Emotional clarity is your superpower in an AI accelerated world. - The faster emotions move through your system, the clearer and higher quality your decision making. - If you solve for 1) how to build relationships and 2) how to make decisions in your company you have solved everything else. - Operating principles are the most efficient way to codify the algorithm on how to build relationships and how to make decisions. - Your operating principles are worth nothing if they aren’t deeply authentic to you as the CEO. - Make your operating principles your life principles. - Operating principles have to evolve as you and the company evolve. - For them to be authentic you need to do the work to better understand yourself and what you truly want. - Building a company is the fast track to do the work and better understand yourself. - If there is intensity/discomfort always run towards it. It’s the fastest way to get to connection. - Connection is all what people want and deeply enjoyable. Optimize for it. - Wonder is the antidote to fear. Become a learning machine. - The golden algorithm is everywhere: the harder we try to escape certain emotions, the more we recreate them. - No matter what, don’t take yourself too seriously. - You want everyone in your company to be fully empowered. I really enjoyed recording this The Art of Accomplishment podcast with Joe Hudson (URL in comments) to talk about building a company culture at Ona (formerly Gitpod) that can adapt at the pace of AI. Also, we should talk more German Joe Hudson ...