Chris Hare

I think what was meant by this is that you define, your performance is not defined by your best players, it's defined by your weakest players. And in business, this can be a little bit of a trope because our attitude often in the business world is to give people chances and to make sure they perform. But the expedition world, there are no such, there's no such forgiveness.

I think what was meant by this is that you define, your performance is not defined by your best players, it's defined by your weakest players. And in business, this can be a little bit of a trope because our attitude often in the business world is to give people chances and to make sure they perform. But the expedition world, there are no such, there's no such forgiveness.

So I can think of one expedition that I was on, for example. where the expedition leader, who wasn't me, was himself an accomplished explorer, but was not very good at understanding that distinction between your top players and your, I wouldn't say bottom players, but your weaker links.

So I can think of one expedition that I was on, for example. where the expedition leader, who wasn't me, was himself an accomplished explorer, but was not very good at understanding that distinction between your top players and your, I wouldn't say bottom players, but your weaker links.

As an expedition leader, you need to make sure that your top players are humbled and understand that they're only as strongest as their weakest player. And so as an expedition leader, you have really two choices. You can either get rid of your weakest link or you can rein in your top performers. That's really what happens. And by the way,

As an expedition leader, you need to make sure that your top players are humbled and understand that they're only as strongest as their weakest player. And so as an expedition leader, you have really two choices. You can either get rid of your weakest link or you can rein in your top performers. That's really what happens. And by the way,

To be quite honest, by the time that an expedition actually takes place, it's really too late to be making these decisions. They should be made well before you do the expedition itself. And this particular person didn't really understand this concept very well.

To be quite honest, by the time that an expedition actually takes place, it's really too late to be making these decisions. They should be made well before you do the expedition itself. And this particular person didn't really understand this concept very well.

And the result was that small discrepancies in the abilities between team members were not managed properly, led to huge discrepancies in morale and expedition success. And on this particular expedition, I think over 70% of the participants ended up dropping out. And they dropped out for health reasons. There were some very close calls. And when I say close call, I mean near death, okay?

And the result was that small discrepancies in the abilities between team members were not managed properly, led to huge discrepancies in morale and expedition success. And on this particular expedition, I think over 70% of the participants ended up dropping out. And they dropped out for health reasons. There were some very close calls. And when I say close call, I mean near death, okay?

This doesn't happen in the business world, but in the expedition world, it definitely does. And just due to low morale, we lost some really great team players. So... There's a sort of like a motto in the startup world, fire fast, hire slow kind of thing. With expeditions, it's very much like this.

This doesn't happen in the business world, but in the expedition world, it definitely does. And just due to low morale, we lost some really great team players. So... There's a sort of like a motto in the startup world, fire fast, hire slow kind of thing. With expeditions, it's very much like this.

If there's an issue, you almost immediately have to try and address it, but you have to address it in a way where you're not just benchmarking everyone against your most capable person. And moreover, what I'll add is I've been on plenty of expeditions where I've You have to be extremely wary of the type of person who is extremely physically confident, mentally competent.

If there's an issue, you almost immediately have to try and address it, but you have to address it in a way where you're not just benchmarking everyone against your most capable person. And moreover, what I'll add is I've been on plenty of expeditions where I've You have to be extremely wary of the type of person who is extremely physically confident, mentally competent.

Often these people end up being quite weak in the expedition environments where you operate absolutely as a team. So I guess what I'm saying is that a business is a watered down, in my opinion, a watered down version of an expedition. An expedition is a hyperbolic version of a business. And especially when it comes to thinking about team dynamics. Who's your weakest? Who's your strongest?

Often these people end up being quite weak in the expedition environments where you operate absolutely as a team. So I guess what I'm saying is that a business is a watered down, in my opinion, a watered down version of an expedition. An expedition is a hyperbolic version of a business. And especially when it comes to thinking about team dynamics. Who's your weakest? Who's your strongest?

How do you get those two? How do you bridge that gap between the two? And because I experienced a few failures in expeditions very early in my life, I think I was able to see the crisis of building a team and how that can win or lose a goal in a sort of high stakes way.

How do you get those two? How do you bridge that gap between the two? And because I experienced a few failures in expeditions very early in my life, I think I was able to see the crisis of building a team and how that can win or lose a goal in a sort of high stakes way.

boiler environment and translate that to work i think more recently yeah so in summary when i think about the successes i've had all failures in the world of software it basically comes down to the team

boiler environment and translate that to work i think more recently yeah so in summary when i think about the successes i've had all failures in the world of software it basically comes down to the team