“The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.” PeopleTryingFiguresSettingSettingsManagersOutcomesAppropriateBest Manager Author:Reed Hastings
“At Netflix, we think you have to build a sense of responsibility where people care about the enterprise. Hard work, like long hours at the office, doesn't matter as much to us. We care about great work.” PeopleThinkingLongMatterHardCareHoursResponsibilityHard WorkOfficeEnterpriseGreat WorkSense Of ResponsibilityLong HoursNetflix Author:Reed Hastings
“Technological revolutions are very hard to predict. My favourite example is someone in 1850 taking care of horses as a farrier. They would have said, "Look, horses have been part of human existence for 5,000 years. We are horse people. It's permanent." But all of a sudden, the internal combustion engine comes along and, with it, oil fields and automobiles, which basically replace the horse completely. So we often have these long periods of stability and then a sudden inflection point.” PeopleYearsHumansLooksLongHas BeensSaidHardCareExistenceExampleFieldsRevolutionPeriodsHorseOilPermanentInternalsStabilityEnginesFavouriteTechnologicalAutomobileHuman ExistenceCombustionOil Field Author:Reed Hastings
“Truly brilliant marketing happens when you take something most people think of as a weakness and reposition it so people think of it as a strength.” PeopleThinkingHappensSuccessBusinessWeaknessMarketingBrilliant Author:Reed Hastings
“Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster.” PeopleIfsMadeMistakeEatingCompareApplesOrangeNetflixBlockbusterApples And Oranges Author:Reed Hastings
“In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back on now and say, 'That was the Internet Age.' And computers will be seen as a mere ingredient to the Internet Age.” PeopleKnowsYearsHumansLooksLongHas BeensFactsStoriesAgeTechnologyProgressInternetComputerMereIngredientsHuman Progress Author:Reed Hastings
