Mentioned in: _ No Rules Rules. Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Tags: Team Culture, Hiring

Steps to establish atmosphere of freedom

In atmosphere of freedom people can easier make better decisions.
There are multiple steps to get to this level:

• Build up talent density. You can build a company of high-performers and that will allow you offering more freedom.
• Increase candor. People in your team should get used to getting feedback.
• Reduce control. You don't need that many policies after first 2 steps. Removing policies will improve the level of freedom.

You can't achieve all the steps in 1 go. There are 3 steps required:

• FIRST
  • Build up talent density
  • Introduce candor
  • Remove controls
• SECOND
  • Strengthen talent density
  • Increase candor
  • Release more controls
• THIRD
  • Max-up talent density
  • Max-up candor
  • Eliminate most controls