Randy Shoup on Creating High-Performance Cultures

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 1:03 p.m.

In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Randy Shoup, VP of Engineering at WeWork about what is needed to create a high-performance culture. \n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n\u2022\tTheory X leaders believe that people are inherently lazy and need extrinsic motivation which results in micromanagement and disempowerment\n\u2022\tTheory Y says that people are intrinsically motivated and want to perform well, the role of management is to remove impediments and enable people to do their best\n\u2022\tOrganisations with generative cultures based on trust and learning consistently perform better than bureaucratic cultures based on rules and standards\n\u2022\tThe worst performers are characterised by pathological cultures based on fear and threat\n\u2022\tWith a piece of software, it doesn\u2019t matter how much effort we\u2019ve put in to producing it, if we haven\u2019t shipped it there is no value\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2KI6vWW\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2KI6vWW