These value statement things, though, don't; in fact, I associate them with the opposite kinds of companies as Twilio.
I'm prepared to learn that this is irrational. Has anyone here worked at a company where the team was improved by a formal statement of values?
I always thought, if we were going to have a list of values, it'd be constrained to values that were head-scratching tradeoffs. "Time to market > quality", or things like that. Which of these values express competition between ideals? What company wouldn't have a "no shenanigans" value? I might be more fascinated by one that had (and justified) a "shenanigans always!" value.
These value statement things, though, don't; in fact, I associate them with the opposite kinds of companies as Twilio.
I'm prepared to learn that this is irrational. Has anyone here worked at a company where the team was improved by a formal statement of values?
I always thought, if we were going to have a list of values, it'd be constrained to values that were head-scratching tradeoffs. "Time to market > quality", or things like that. Which of these values express competition between ideals? What company wouldn't have a "no shenanigans" value? I might be more fascinated by one that had (and justified) a "shenanigans always!" value.