THE VIDEO SHELF · leadership and delegation
MindSpring Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet
An animated adaptation of Captain David Marquet's talk on greatness, based on his book Turn the Ship Around!. It argues for pushing decision-making down to the people doing the work instead of controlling everything from the top.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it as a compact illustration of empowered, decentralized leadership, for founders and for managers who try to control everything.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- MindSpring
- Topic
- leadership and delegation
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
How big is the company? You're right to identify this as a hard problem. I've been in your exact shoes before. 100+ person company, the weight is heavy. The good news is that it's totally possible to get out without wrecking the company's outlook. But …
endlessvoid94 on Hacker News · 2017-05
In Ask HN: I don't want to be a founder anymore> managers aren't able to keep up and so might find themselves in a position where when they first started managing they were an expert.... Reminds me of this. The value is in the audio but the animation is entertaining. [VIDEO]
hnrodey on Hacker News · 2017-12
In Steve Jobs on how to hire, manage, and lead people [video]
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