Beth Viner

Some of the best relationships in the world are made up of individuals who are the yin to the other's yang.

You're either the person who stacks the dishwasher with creative, reckless abandon, or you're the one who, correctly, thinks of it as a very competitive game of Tetris.

And rather than what might be a series of expletives as you restack the plates, it's the Tetris stacker coming to some appreciation for the haphazard where the tension breaks.

And that's a beautiful thing.

And you might even get a few extra clean plates out of it.

This scenario isn't just true in our personal relationships.

It's true in relationships across institutions and organizations of all types.

Bridging this tension, I believe that that is the key to organizations continuing to build, grow and make new and different things.

This is the story of two different kinds of people coming together.

Zero-to-one humans and their one-to-end counterparts.

Zero-to-one humans, they're dreamers.

I love this about them.

They're founders of companies, creative inventors.

They thrive in the fogginess of problems, looking for nonlinear solutions.

And to their counterparts, they often seem untethered to reality.

which is true, and also how they find new opportunities.

It's why I think they're really good at what they do, but it is a core tension with those around them.

One to end humans, these are the doers.

They build companies and ensure their success over long periods of time.

They're the glue that keeps it together.