How do you build the most dynamic, disruptive business on earth? This is the Netflix founder's radical blueprint.
Reed Hastings (Author)
Reed Hastings is an entrepreneur who has revolutionised
entertainment since co-founding Netflix in 1997, serving as its
chairman and CEO since 1999. His first company, Pure Software, was
launched in 1991 and acquired just before Netflix was launched.
Reed served on the California State Board of Education from 2000 to
2004 and is an active educational philanthropist. He has sat on the
board of several educational organisations including Dreambox
Learning, KIPP and Pahara. He received a BA from Bowdoin College in
1983 and an MSCS in artificial intelligence from Stanford
University in 1988. Between Bowdoin and Stanford, Reed served in
the Peace Corps as a volunteer teacher in Southern Africa.
Erin Meyer (Author)
Erin Meyer is the author of The Culture Map- Breaking Through the
Invisible Boundaries of Global Business, and a professor at INSEAD,
one of the world's leading international business schools. Her work
has appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and
Forbes.com. In 2019, Erin was selected by the Thinkers50 as one of
the fifty most influential business thinkers in the world. She
received an MBA from INSEAD in 2004 and she currently lives in
Paris, France. In 1994-95 Erin also served in the Peace Corps as a
volunteer teacher in Southern Africa. Visit erinmeyer.com for more
information.
Reed Hastings learned early what it takes to build an enduring
great company. Here in No Rules Rules, he and Erin Meyer teach the
culture that propelled Netflix into one of the most distinctive and
impactful companies on the planet. Packed with vivid specifics,
they illustrate how Hastings melded a spicy concoction into a
framework of freedom and responsibility. Well-written and
fast-paced, timeless and timely, inspired and practical, smart and
wise - read it and learn the Netflix secret sauce from the master
himself!
*Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, co-author of Built to Last
and Beyond Entrepreneurship*
I had the privilege of learning from Reed personally and studying
the Netflix culture. The insights in this book are invaluable to
anyone trying to create and sustain organisational culture
*Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft*
As the information age shrinks product cycles and compresses time
frames, the most important business question of our era is “how do
we keep innovating?” In this breakthrough book, Reed Hastings and
Erin Meyer provide the answer. They lay out a proven, systematic
methodology for building, maintaining and enhancing a highly
innovative global culture. It is an amazing piece of work.
Bravo!
*Ben Horowitz, author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things*
Aspiring tech moguls should flock to Hastings and Meyer’s energetic
and fascinating account.
*Publishers Weekly*
Highly recommended for leaders eager to build innovative, fast, and
flexible teams.
*Library Journal*
Forget reinventing television; Reed Hastings' real achievement is
reinventing corporate culture, and in No Rules Rules, Reed reveals
all the tactics and processes that he's used to make Netflix one of
the 21st century's most innovative companies. Clear, compelling,
fascinating and (for a book about Netflix) appropriately
binge-worthy, No Rules Rules is the book I wish I had read when I
was starting out, and it's the book I'll be giving to every CEO I
work with. It's simply a must-have for any business leader.
*Marc Randolph, Netflix co-founder and author of That Will Never
Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea*
Netflix's unique culture of freedom and responsibility and its
flexibility to adapt are fuelling its remarkable rise around the
world. In No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer reveal the
fascinating story of Netflix's success, while providing actionable
lessons for leaders on how to attract top talent and unleash their
creative energies to drive excellence.
*Susan E Rice, former US national security adviser and permanent
representative to the United Nations*
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