Active vs. Lazy Thinking - by Alexandr Wang
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How to not suck when you get big
Active vs. Lazy Thinking How to not suck when you get big Alexandr Wang Jul 09, 2021 421 49 Share This is a memo I sent to the Scale team earlier this year—I think it is critical to maintaining efficacy as organizations get big. I hope you find it helpful. The overwhelming evidence is that most large organizations invariably fall prey to lazy thinking. Organizations become large due to success, and successful companies rest on their laurels. Large organizations don’t start losing because they don’t want to win—they lose because they forget how to win. Lazy thinking is making decisions through
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