Managing corporate lifecycles
by Ichak Adizes · first published 1999
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…(and your partners) in the open and accountable to a third party will start the ball rolling--and your mediator will help validate or deny your internal narrator's assertions. As an aside--you'd find "Managing Corporate Lifecycles" by Dr. Ichak Adizes a fascinating and relevant read. It talks through many of the concerns you express and offers solutions I've seen work wonders in practice. For instance, you express things like--"sales…
on “Ask HN: I need advice. Major problems with my business & co-founder” ↗…recognize why certain behaviors are key in certain environments. Toward that end, I would recommend three old and poorly written books with timeless and wonderful ideas: The Goal, Critical Chain, and Managing Corporate Lifecycles. While these books are all about management and running a company, I think they lend perspective to developers on why certain things happen the way they do. They can also help someone recognize and pick…
on “Many software companies are a joke” ↗…pervasively fucked up as the article claims, all companies do have problems, and these problems typically correlate to the stage a company is in. There's a great book on this which is older than I am called Managing Corporate Lifecycles. What's interesting with books about people is that they age much better than books about technology. Technology changes rapidly, but groups of people trying to accomplish something go through surprisingly…
on “All companies are fucked up” ↗…perspective. PG is right in the correct context. Those advising AirBNB are also correct, in the right context. Following either piece of advice blindly is just living in a cargo cult. https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Corporate-Lifecycles-Ichak-A... (Like any business book, it's at least 20% BS, but the remaining 80% is quite good. If you do read the book, do not read the first few chapters and assume you've gotten the whole idea. The…
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