The best addition to a five-person team last year was someone who pushed back in the first interview. We almost didn't call her back for exactly that reason.
Ida Mercer
I write Azimuth from Rotterdam. Before this I ran operations at two small companies and spent a lot of that time watching good teams make avoidable mistakes under time pressure - my own included. This newsletter is the notebook I wish I'd had.
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