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Principles of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017

RedMonk Tech Events · 79.2K views · 2017-12-08 · 51:22

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Overview

Bryan Cantrill's Monktoberfest 2017 talk on leadership and organizational principles, ranging from the Gettysburg Address to Uber and Amazon. He argues for the difference between principles and values and criticizes vague corporate principles.

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HN treats it as a classic, must-watch talk for any discussion of company values, and especially for its takedown of Amazon's leadership principles.

Recommended by 9 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2018–2025

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nonfamous · 2022-02 · Strong recommendation

No discussion of company values would be complete without a link to Bryan Cantrill’s classic talk, “Principles of Technology Leadership”. [VIDEO] Uber once had a stated company value of “Always be hustling”. Really.

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warp_factor · 2019-02 · Strong recommendation

I love Bryan Cantrill for being that classy bad-ass engineer with so much integrity. His talk on companies principles is a must-watch: [VIDEO]

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kbenson · 2018-02 · Strong recommendation

Before we get to the list: if you only watch one talk of mine, please watch Principles of Technology Leadership (slides) presented at Monktoberfest 2017. This is the only talk that I have asked family and friends to watch, as it represents my truest self — or what I aspire that self to be, anyway. Let me just say, this is an extremely good talk[1]. Very uplifting and depressing at different times. It goes through serious turns, and very funny periods. Ultimately though, the message is very important and worth hearing. I highly recommend it. 1: [VIDEO]

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