Principles
I like that there aren't any comments on this yet, it means that hopefully people are taking the time to read this.I think the best way someone introduced me to Ray Dalio's principles is that it gives employee's the freedom, not to be an asshole, but to cut right to the heart of the problem without worrying about social niceties.it's a common complaint and almost cliche on HN to hear someone say they find American culture ot be a bit "fake" where Fake refers to being polite or dancing around an issue rather than stating it clearly because they're worried about social niceties.Principle 97 comes right out and says "Don’t let people off the hook."and Principle 98 follows up with "Don’t assume that people’s answers are correct."When you are free by the CEO's decree to just flat out not let someone off with a half assed answer I find that you get to the root cause of issues faster.The downside of course is that asshole's are even more pronounced and even the most well meaning people start to sound a bit like assholes.  If you have thin skin it doesn't work well, you need to learn that people aren't attacking you, but attacking the problem instead.Not everyone transitions well to this type of environment as it can be a bit of a departure from the norm of many companies existing cultures.