Comment by bcantrill

Terrible advice (from a broadly terrible book, I hasten to add). The reason that this is terrible advice: if you "fire quickly", it is because something is either grievously wrong (a mishire) or you are firing based on limited evidence. If the former, you have a hiring problem, not a firing problem; if the latter, you will generate a fear-based culture. Now, if you're running a prison, a fear-based culture may be exactly what you're after -- but fear is anathema to innovation, and if your endeavor requires any creativity whatsoever, you should be seeking to build mutual trust, not foster institutional fear.