How Do You Build A Company Where The Best Ideas Win?

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What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical transparency and algorithmic decision-making to create an idea meritocracy where people can speak up and say what they really think — even calling out the boss is fair game. Learn more about how these strategies helped Dalio create one of the world’s most successful hedge funds and how you might harness the power of data-driven group decision-making.

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading https://www.ted.com/

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment, and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

Chris Pehura

When I read the title of this article — I couldn’t help but think of “how to stop a good company from ending up like Google?”

I worked with companies that had a 100% engineering mentality — and they felt comfortable sharing and building on good ideas. I worked at companies that had a 100% sales mentality — and both good and bad ideas were in competition with each other.

The ability to do deep analysis seems to be a crucial factor for getting good ideas in play.