In organizations (or even in a society) where culture is weak, you need an abundance of heavy, precise rules and processes.
Brian CheskyI'm not saying the whole world will work this way, but with Airbnb, people are sleeping in other people's homes and other people's beds. So there's a level of trust necessary to participate that's different from an eBay or Facebook.
Brian CheskyThe office is the laboratory and meeting your users is like going into the field. You can't just stay in the lab. And it's not just asking users what they want, it's about seeing what they're doing.
Brian CheskyPeople went to Dell for the computers, but they go to Apple for everythingโฆ Thatโs the difference between a transactional company and a transformational one.
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