Podcasts Technology Lean Startup Leadership, Uncertainty, And Self-Deception | Dan Milstein

Leadership, Uncertainty, And Self-Deception | Dan Milstein

Published: Jan. 21, 2015, 2:34 a.m.

What\u2019s the biggest challenge in getting a team of people to adopt Lean Startup methods? Dan Milstein, founder at Hut 8 Labs, suggests a somewhat surprising answer: it\u2019s the tendency of leaders to fall prey to the deep, built-in human propensity for self-deception. We\u2019re wired to lie to ourselves in certain situations\u2013and, in startups, those situations crop up all the time. Tying together psychology research and his own (painful) experiences on both sides of the leader/team member divide, Dan looks at the dangers of self-deception and what you can do to overcome it.