Overview:
If you’ve ever been curious about Netflix as a company and how its culture enabled it to become one of the most important media companies in the world then you must read this book. While there are many presentations of the culture of Netflix online, and the company culture map is available for anyone to download, No Rules Rules is well worth the time as it is the definitive source, written by the company founder, and it goes deeper into the culture map presentation.
Here Is What The Book Was About:
The authors describe some of Netflix’ big successes, and how its culture evolved over time to enabled that success. From how it beat Blockbuster, to bringing the world “House of Cards” and how it approaches international expansion. A key aspect of its culture is candor, where employees are encouraged to voice concerns and provide feedback in a way that is actionable and will benefit the company. Another one is to lead through context, rather than control as it encourages employees to make decisions themselves, rather than trying to please their bosses. Throughout the book, the perspectives of both co-author culture professor Erin Meyer, and CEO Reed Hastings is given and shared with the reader.
Rating: (1 to 5)
Rated 4.6 based on the readability, interesting valuable content that applies to my real life, great accolades from New York Times and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. It could have earned higher if the last chapter had been tied into the story better.
Other Thoughts on The Book:
As there are 2 points of view in the book, that of Reed Hastings, and Erin Meyer, I found it enjoyable that the audiobook used 2 different readers, male, and female to read the book. While this was a different approach than many audiobooks, it worked in this case.