We want to understand what works here rather than what worked at any other organization.

One of the applications of Big Data is giving people the facts, and getting them to understand that their own decision-making is not perfect. And that in itself causes them to change their behavior

G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. We found that they don’t predict anything.

What we care about is, when faced with a problem and you're a member of a team, do you, at the appropriate time, step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading, do you let someone else?

If your goals are ambitious and crazy enough, even failure will be a pretty good achievement.

We want to understand what works here rather than what worked at any other organization.

The focus on process rather than purpose creates an insidious opportunity for sly employees to manipulate the system.