Book Club Aha’s — Vol. 6

The FRAKXION Book Club gets together to dig into a book, build on each other’s interpretations, and pull out the aha’s that actually change how we work.

For this round, we spent our time with Phil Knight’s Shoe Dog — and by the end, our discussion board was covered in sticky notes.

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is the Nike founder’s candid memoir of the company’s early, precarious years — from a Japanese shoe-import side hustle running on personal loans and sheer stubbornness to a global brand, told with none of the polish you’d expect from the finished story.

– Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
– Confidence. More than equity, more than liquidity, that’s what a man needs.
– It’s never just business. It never will be. If it ever does become just business, that will mean it’s very bad.
– The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
– When you see only problems, you’re not seeing clearly.
– Have faith in yourself, but also have faith in others. Not faith as others define it, faith as you define it. Faith defines itself in your heart.

We’re exploring a book on culture built for freedom and responsibility.

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer

Pulls back the curtain on Netflix’s unconventional culture of freedom and responsibility — how the company built talent density, cut back on process, and rewrote the rules of management along the way.

Want to read along with us? Join the FRAKXION Book Club anytime — just email hello@frakxion.com and we’ll get you the current pick and details on our next discussion, plus access to our Miro board for reflection along the way.

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