Making Better Mistakes Tomorrow
summary
Spotify reports 100M monthly active users, 40M paying customers and over 2 billion playlists, and teams use a measured learning culture to move fast: a cited study shows high‑impact learning cultures are 46% more likely to be first to market, 34% better at responding to customers and 37% more productive. Practices include the think it build it ship it tweak it cycle, weekly retrospectives, formal post-mortems, culture interviews and Loops feedback. The Discover algorithm is iterated into Discover Weekly (30-song personalized playlists shipped weekly) and succeeds after small tests.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 5:14We need to leave enough wiggle room.
- 14:38And a little something extra!
- 17:43The goals of a post-mortem are
- 19:37Getting the right people in the building
- 23:25Mastery, Achievements, Behavior
- 25:13Bobo doll experiment
- 26:37Fail Wall
- 27:28Reinforcement and repetition
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