My Working Principles
Take a structured and scientific approach to everything
We’re all human and subject to biases. Great workplaces make it their duty to enhance objectivity and reduce bias in everything they do - from hiring, to performance and remuneration, and everything in-between.
Cultivate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
The healthiest cultures are diverse and inclusive, with equal opportunity for all. Designing objective structures plays a crucial role, and the best workplaces develop policies and ways of working that enable everyone to thrive, whatever their circumstances in life.
Foster a culture of high performance, feedback and recognition
A culture of high performance, feedback and recognition has a compounding effect, but it won’t happen without a structured and intentional approach.
Adopt high levels of trust and transparency
I love this quote from Molly Graham on pay structures: “you can't be transparent if you're not paying fair, and if you are, there's no reason to not be transparent”. To my mind, this can be applied as a wider heuristic, and illustrates how high levels of trust and transparency leads to high levels of accountability.
Back the hungry, not the proven
Organisations often over-index on external experience at the cost of enabling internal talent to flourish. Recruiting externally is key to organisational success, but the best workplaces are also great at assessing and developing their own people.
Be sustainable, at a minimum
Considering the climate and ecological crisis is only getting worse the more we burn fossil fuels, operating sustainably as an organisation is the bare minimum in my view.
Have fun and be yourself
I am a firm believer that it is possible to do great work while fostering an environment where people can have fun and be themselves - life’s too short to approach work any other way ¯\(ツ)/¯
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