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Guy Kerem's avatar

There's an interesting point here. How do companies record their precedents? Where do organizations record the decisions they took and why? Seems like it would have many benefits beyond corporate branding. Ray Dalio recommends a similar practice in investment; obsessively recording his decisions and the rationale behind them to feedback and improve strategy.

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John Wessel's avatar

As far as the company values - I was thinking about the military and creeds. Like the Navy SEALs creed for example. “...I lead by example in all situations. I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My Nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies...” Not very light and fluffy. Also - I kind of like the idea of a creed as most creeds talk about values like perseverance, but the creed seems to better apply it in the context of the organization - in this case the SEALs. I also think you can have a successful organization where people bring all sorts of diverse values and motives - you just need to agree on a mission and the values that must be shared to carry out that mission successfully (and accomplish it the right way as far as morals / ethics / legality etc.)

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