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No Controls @ Netflix

As a company grows setting rules and policies can never work well. Real life is so much more nuanced than any policy could ever address. So Netflix focuses more on context, letting people make decisions based on the explicit context or by mimicking good behaviour: 

  • Act in the best interest of Netflix. You don't need approvals for spending but people should asks themselves: "Before you spend any money imagine that you will be asked to stand up in front of me and your own boss and explain why you chose to purchase that specific item".
  • Trust but Verify: If people choose to abuse the freedom given to them, they will be fired loudly, so others understand the ramifications.  
  • The Informed Captain: Your decisions are yours. Don't make decisions to please your boss, but because you have the best data.

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