That’s where Patty McCord came in. She was brilliant at pushing the boundary of rules and freedom. She identified that what was special at Netflix was our particular combination of freedom and responsibility. And then she endeavored to put structure in place not to limit freedom—but to encourage and preserve it.
This is superbly described in Patty's book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
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