Direct Feedback

By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read

So many people shy away from direct feedback. You try to sugarcoat stuff, because the culture we live in is, “Come along, get along.” Let’s paste everything over with pleasantries, make everybody feel good, everybody gets a star. Participation is more important than the actual accomplishment. We’re veering to a culture of inclusiveness that’s gone to an extreme, no longer recognizing and celebrating as much the actual achievement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHslS0QPMSc (16:20)

Posted in: Leadership

Editor's Note

These are Chamath Palihapitiya's words. They are probably some of the best thoughts on VC, business, and life, but were scattered around the Internet. They live now in this archive.