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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer

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  • Ben HorowitzEndorsement
    “They lay out a proven, systematic methodology for building, maintaining, and enhancing a highly innovative global culture.”
    Horowitz endorses the book’s approach to building and sustaining an innovative company culture on its official website.
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  • Luca FerrariRecommended
    Praises this account of Netflix’s culture. The cover credits both Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer.
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Summary

Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer explain the culture Netflix built around freedom and responsibility. They examine its approach to talent, candid feedback and the removal of controls such as vacation and expense policies. Hastings’s accounts and interviews with current and former employees show how these practices developed as Netflix changed its business.

  • SourcePenguin Press, No Rules Rules · Book Description and Product Details, exact ISBN 9781984877864

Why read it Our view

Read for a detailed case of how hiring, feedback and decision rights fit together. The useful question is which conditions a team needs before a leader removes a control, and how people learn what responsible action requires.