At a recent offsite, we broke into small groups of 2-3 people each and imagined ourselves as the leadership team of another marketplace company with somewhat different dynamics. We want to do the same thing with you, because this is our best idea for giving you the most truthful and realistic simulation of what it's like to work together. We love this stuff, and relish the opportunity and responsibility that comes with being stewards of a large marketplace that thousands depend on. If you were running Uber, what are best 2-3 ideas that actually pencil? What’s the output operating metric or financial metric that’s most important to move? What’s the input metric that is the most powerful one to move, to move that output metric?

At a recent offsite, we broke into small groups of 2-3 people each and imagined ourselves as the leadership team of another marketplace company with somewhat different dynamics. We want to do the same thing with you, because this is our best idea for giving you the most truthful and realistic simulation of what it's like to work together. We love this stuff, and relish the opportunity and responsibility that comes with being stewards of a large marketplace that thousands depend on. If you were running Uber, what are best 2-3 ideas that actually pencil? What’s the output operating metric or financial metric that’s most important to move? What’s the input metric that is the most powerful one to move, to move that output metric?

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Publisher:Richard L. Daft

Chapter2: The Evolution Of Management Thinking

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