“Stop doing dumb stuff!” Patty McCord on reinventing the rules of work at Netflix

As the key architect of Netflix’s organizational culture, Patty McCord threw out the handbook — a process she describes in her aptly titled book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility. In this edited conversation, McCord shares her radical approach to talent management and organizational development, highlighting the principles and practices that contributed to building a high-performance work environment and industry-defining corporate culture. Her advice to managers is simple: “Stop doing dumb stuff.”