No Rules Rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention

“and they have a culture deck and then they have no rules rules which um Erin Mayer did she was also on the program I haven't had read Hastings yet but Patty McCord had hers and uh then Reid Hastings did one”

“there's no rules rules Netflix and the culture of um reinvention so you take those two books you take some interviews with those individuals like having Patty or Aaron on this podcast you start to put that together with the culture deck”

“um the no rules rules freedom and responsibility is a nice credo so no rules rules the you know the netflix culture book the netflix culture i think is a little too cutthroat”

“so aaron's book is no rules rules with reed hastings i would say that powerful is the better book because it it is sort of like the source materials i give it a slight edge but i would read both”

“and whoever wrote it with him i think he probably had somebody wrote in in his voice in a very candid fashion felt that same way about aaron's book and patty mccord's book they're experts and if you're an expert and you're an okay writer it's a good read”

“i really love the no rules uh netflix culture book some people really like good to great read the business management book some people would say lean startup”

“uh then you also look at like what you know reid hastings in his book uh no rules rules just talked about where where he said look um a top one percent engineer is going to perform like 10 mediocre engineers so we just pay top of the range”

“we had aaron mayer from um the netflix book no rules rules um which was like written by her and reed hastings and it feels like it's written more by her”

“that's i know why you wanted to write this book because you could write any book but you chose to go into there and write it you're fascinated by this right it was just fascinating i just wanted to figure it out”

“and that's one of the nice things about what you did in the book i just want to give it another plug it's also a really good listing no rules rules netflix and the culture of reinvention just go buy it and then come back and listen to this”

“uh if you haven't read the book go buy it right now uh and you can follow aaron on uh the twitter aaron m-e-y-e-r-i-n-s-e-a-d insead”

“the book is amazing go by right now no rules rules netflix in the culture of reinvention it's really well organized as well i think it's a very practical um a very practical book”

“and one of the books that came up that people said over and over and over again was very um applicable to their day-to-day was a book called no rules rules netflix and the culture of reinvention”

“and and you yourself say in the book that you were a little bit aghast by some of the slogans credo's best practices that netflix had when you uh laid eyes on them”

“and this is why i think it's important you all read the book because you have to get the full 360 degree view of what's happening here”

“she's gonna come on the pod talking about their netflix culture um no rules rules”

“because i just read the netflix book about culture of high performance i don't agree with all but you read that netflix new book reid hastings new book yet”

“and i don't know if you've read the new netflix book the no rules rules no resonate”

“i don't know if you've read the uh new read hasting books the no rules rules”

“Some that really come up a lot are No Rules Rules, which is the book on Netflix culture,”

“Today, join me in a deep dive into No Rules Rules, Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, the new book from Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and noted business professor Aaron Meyer.”

“As Hastings' co-author, Aaron Meyer, writes in No Rules Rules, Hastings' openness about his mistakes at Pure Software make it sound as though the company failed.”

“Here now is Reed Hastings reading from his new book, co-authored with Aaron Meyer, called No Rules Rules.”

“His new book, No Rules Rules, which he wrote with business school professor Aaron Meyer, unpacks why Netflix is the successful global content machine and streaming powerhouse it is.”

“and the book is me saying the theory and her saying the reality and that tension which sometimes is not pretty is kind of what makes the book interesting”

“and our book is all the framework around that which is good for companies that are in the creative space”

“And Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer talk about this in the book No Rules Rules about Netflix where Hastings very candidly tells a few different stories about when he was dead flat wrong and the he eventually built a company that would learn to push back against his bad ideas which is rare and really important.”

“you know Reed Hastings in his book which I argued with him about um after he wrote it said like they sent an email at Netflix saying like we fired this guy”

“and i'm just gonna jason i'm just gonna tell a quick story from the book if you don't mind but i think it's kind of like the most important story to illustrate the point”

“so I'm curious do you see your book as competition for Netflix like would you prefer people read your book or or watch Netflix I prefer people read the book”

“i only read his book reid hastings book no rules rules he talks about the netflix culture”

“me and some of the team here recently finished a book it was called uh no rules rule and it's by the the the ceo of netflix”

“Today's author is Reed Hastings, and the book is No Rules Rules, Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, which Hastings co-wrote with Aaron Meyer.”

“That was Maria Konnikova in conversation with Reed Hastings about his new book, No Rules Rules, Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention. It was co-authored by Aaron Meyer and published by Penguin Press.”