Six months of salary.
That's what Matt Mullenweg offered every Automattic employee to resign if they didn't believe in the company's direction.
About 9% took the offer and left.
Why is it so hard to speak up, even when you know something is wrong?
Organizations are shaped by invisible forces that influence how people think, act, and make decisions. Like gravity, you may not notice those forces, but they’re always there.
The challenge for leaders is to
Why do founders spend so much time defining their vision, but so little time designing the governance that protects it?
The legal structures already exist. Public benefit corporations, perpetual purpose trusts, and other governance models can help preserve a company’s mission.