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Smart, Humble and Generous #companyculture #entrepreneurship #leadership #startups

Name: Smart, Humble and Generous #companyculture #entrepreneurship #leadership #startups
Uploaded: 2024-08-04T13:00:13+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Ray Deck
Description: In this monologue, the speaker outlines a three‑part cultural mantra for the companies they run: be smart, be humble, and be generous. They argue that…

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In this monologue, the speaker outlines a three‑part cultural mantra for the companies they run: be smart, be humble, and be generous. They argue that everyone involved—employees, vendors, partners, and customers—should be treated as intelligent, which fosters respect. Humility acknowledges the many unknowns and encourages continuous learning from external collaborators. Generosity involves giving support to colleagues, vendors, and customers, enabling mutual progress. By consistently applying these principles, the speaker claims organizations achieve remarkable, shared results.

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In the companies I run, I teach a 3-part mantra for the corporate culture. And those 3 parts are to be smart, humble, and generous. We are all smart. The people who work for me are smart. The people who we work with in terms of being our vendors and our partners and our customers, we treat them all as if they are smart because they are. The second is to be humble, that there are lots of things that we don't know, that these smart people who are engaging with us, either as partners or when we're the vendor or whatever, They're bringing them to us because these problems are not yet solved. And that means there are new things we need to learn. We start with that presumption there's a lot that we don't know. That position of humility allows us to grow. And third is we're generous. We're generous to each other. We're generous to our fellow staff members. We're generous to our vendors. We're generous to our customers to be able to help them make progress. And when we do that, we're all stat buffs to each other and we all grow. And we're all able to make remarkable results for everybody involved. I find that to be the best way to run a company.