1157: How to Improve Processes, Remove Friction, and Accelerate Innovation with Jon McNeill

There's a lot of stuff that nobody ever questions and takes as a given. If you question that stuff and it turns out it's not a given, now you've got an advantage. Automation is like wet cement. When you put it around a process, it sets up really hard and you got to get jackhammers to get rid of it. So you don't want to automate until you've really got the process nailed.

Otherwise you'll be suffering with the cement that's already solidified the current process where it is. That's John McNeil. He's got an impressive track record of founding and scaling companies. He's served as the president of Tesla and as CEO of Lyft, leading teams that have generated tens of thousands of jobs and delivered multi-billion dollar returns for investors. In his new book, The Algorithm, the hypergrowth formula that transformed Tesla, SpaceX, Lululemon, and General Motors, John shares a playbook that leaders can use to drive.

Rapid growth and impact. So you'll learn one, what most miss when designing processes, two, how to identify outdated requirements that slow things down, and three, why automation should be your last step. And if you want a quick summary write about the actual wisdom that John shares, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email, which you can find at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKaidis. This is how to be awesome at your job, and now here's John.

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