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It was mentioned as a book about manufacturing, but its key takeaway was applied to decision-making within Instagram, emphasizing that the slowest decision-maker often holds up the whole process.
I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.
— Episode: 336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from a...
Episode: 336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...
It was mentioned as a book about manufacturing, but its key takeaway was applied to decision-making within Instagram, emphasizing that the slowest decision-maker often holds up the whole process.
I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.
it was basically about manufacturing, but it was, you know, if you want to go read it, go read it.
the lesson is effectively like the weakest link in any quote unquote chain or manufacturing chain is the thing that will dictate the overall output of that chain.
Episode: 336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...
It was mentioned as a book about manufacturing that Kevin Systrom read towards the end of his time at Instagram, and he applied its principles of identifying bottlenecks to the decision-making process within the company.
I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.
But the lesson is effectively like the weakest link in any quote unquote chain or manufacturing chain is the thing that will dictate the overall output of that chain.
And I started thinking about that as it applies to work and I was just like, man, people complain about X, Y or Z, like not moving.
I think we're just like a giant decision factory, right? Like you just have to, like I'm definitely a decision machine, meaning like I am the thing standing in the way of things getting greenlit or yellow lit or red lit.
And that was really helpful. I should probably do that in my day life now. I don't really.
Episode: 336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagra...
It was mentioned as being about manufacturing, but the key takeaway was about identifying and removing bottlenecks in any system, including decision-making processes within organizations.
And I had read this book called The Goal and this was towards the end of Instagram.
But the lesson is effectively like the weakest link in any quote unquote chain or manufacturing chain is the thing that will dictate the overall output of that chain.
if everything routes through you as the CEO or as the founder of a startup or the boss in your company or your unit this is the equivalent of inventory stacking up in front of a machine on an assembly line do not be the limiting factor in your business