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Reed Hastings

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The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

During my 25 years of Netflix, that was the dominant non-family thing in my life.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

I think the big struggle we had in the early days was the contrast of loyalty and what that meant versus performance.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And we realized, OK, professional sports teams have a clear bargain of your sort of playing for your position each season.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And it is a performance culture.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

But the team can be quite close and can be very supportive of each other.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And we came to think of loyalty as a stabilizer.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

but that ultimately it was about performance.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And that helped us clarify our own values, that we were more valuing growth and achievement.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And then when you get that and everybody's working towards the company's success, it's a very powerful force.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

Well, let's see, several things.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

So I would say during my 25 years of Netflix, that was the dominant non-family thing in my life.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And that was like one big thing with tiny little stuff around the edge.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And now my life is more varied.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

So I have a big chunk of focus on charter schools.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

I'm on a half dozen nonprofits online.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

Been working on charter schools in U.S.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

education for two decades.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

A big chunk on Powder Mountain, which is incredibly joyful.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

And then smaller chunks on a bunch of other philanthropic projects.

The Knowledge Project
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment

That's right.

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