Post by High Priestess on Oct 4, 2015 17:10:30 GMT
Peter shared in JUly 2015
The Education of Airbnb's Brian Chesky
"Ask Chesky what he didn’t know about management in the early days, and he barely knows where to start. 'It’s kind of like, what did I know?' he says. But he had no choice but to plunge in; the company couldn’t wait for him. Chesky says he learned two ways: first by trial and error ('it’s the old adage about jumping off a cliff and assembling the airplane on the way down'), and second by teaching himself how to go deep on subjects fast—specifically, by using a process he calls 'going to the source.'
Rather than trying to learn every single aspect of a particular topic, Chesky found that it was more efficient to spend his time researching and identifying the single best source in that area, then going straight to that person. 'If you pick the right source, you can fast-forward,' he says. It’s an approach that has served him again and again."
Click here for.tn/1GTeg2y for Fortune magazine article.
My two cents: An excellent article with good management advice and insights into Brian, both personal and professional. Worth reading. Interestingly, it omits mention (and pictures) of Brian's body building past. For those who are curious, there's a lovely pic of him and his girlfriend.
The Education of Airbnb's Brian Chesky
"Ask Chesky what he didn’t know about management in the early days, and he barely knows where to start. 'It’s kind of like, what did I know?' he says. But he had no choice but to plunge in; the company couldn’t wait for him. Chesky says he learned two ways: first by trial and error ('it’s the old adage about jumping off a cliff and assembling the airplane on the way down'), and second by teaching himself how to go deep on subjects fast—specifically, by using a process he calls 'going to the source.'
Rather than trying to learn every single aspect of a particular topic, Chesky found that it was more efficient to spend his time researching and identifying the single best source in that area, then going straight to that person. 'If you pick the right source, you can fast-forward,' he says. It’s an approach that has served him again and again."
Click here for.tn/1GTeg2y for Fortune magazine article.
My two cents: An excellent article with good management advice and insights into Brian, both personal and professional. Worth reading. Interestingly, it omits mention (and pictures) of Brian's body building past. For those who are curious, there's a lovely pic of him and his girlfriend.