The first edition is coming this Thursday. Like what you're reading? Sign up to receive Janko's new newsletter, Next Up, on the future of tech and entertainment. Maybe there's a way to beat Netflix after all! Hastings and Meyer spend a lot of time explaining how Netflix adapts to different cultures around the world, but there's really not much here on whether the company's emphasis on hiring "rockstars" - and its preference for people with years of experience - contributes to the industry's lack of diversity.
One notably absent issue, save for one mention in passing, is diversity and inclusion.
Can you imagine hourslong dinners with your co-workers during which they take turns to tell you about all of your flaws? Netflix does sound like a cult in parts of the book, though. And leaders need to lead by example: Hastings writes that he and other key executives regularly take long vacations, and talk about them frequently, to model that it is OK to actually make use of the benefit.Employees have the freedom to book their own time off, but they're asked to be responsible adults and act in the company's best interest. Key to its success, according to Hastings and his co-author, Erin Meyer, has been to keep a balance between freedom and responsibility. Instead, Netflix gives every employee the freedom to take as much or as little time off as they need.īut there are some rules at Netflix. One famous example: Netflix doesn't track vacations.The deck was first published in 2009, which means that you may have heard a lot about the core ideas of "No Rules Rules" already. " No Rules Rules" is based on the infamous Netflix Culture Deck, which has long codified the way Netflix works internally.But if it's the latter, Reed Hastings himself would like to help you. If your goal is the former: Good luck! You'll need it. In tech and entertainment, there are two types of companies: Those that want to beat Netflix and those that want to be Netflix. Protocol's Janko Roettgers got an early look and shared his thoughts: Reed Hastings' new book, "No Rules Rules" is out Tuesday.
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