Jessica Mah Reveals How Entreocracy Develops Leaders

Great people managers are not only rare, but they’re limited to people-managing versus creating and growing the business. Why not extract people from all of the shackles of management thus removing the limits traditionally placed on creativity and productivity?

Entreocracy isn’t about destroying the idea of management. It’s about empowering the rest of the team to step up and to play more of a leadership role too. We think it’s still important to have managers and leaders, but it’s more important to teach everyone else how to play that role too.

Forbes

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‘No more brilliant jerks’ – Arianna Huffington ushers in the new Uber by Amanda Holpuch

The frenzy around naming Uber’s new leader comes after Huffington last month proclaimed at an all-staff meeting that it was the era of a “new Uber” – which she has repeatedly explained includes “no more brilliant jerks”.

The urgent need for a “new Uber” became publicly apparent months before that meeting, when a former engineer wrote in February about the sexual harassment and retaliation she experienced at the company.

It was a situation that would inspire most board members and executives to retreat – but not Huffington, who could have easily stepped away to focus on her wellness startup, Thrive Global, an initiative meant to encourage better work-life balance and end the “global pandemic” of burnout. Instead, she addressed the scandal extensively, speaking about the allegations in blogposts, company meetings and conference calls with reporters.

The Guardian

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3 Strategies to Increase Investment in Women Entrepreneurs

We are so focused on harping about what the venture capital industry does not do for women that we completely forget about the business narrative. We often appeal to gender solidarity when talking to female investors, or to gender tolerance when pitching male VCs, which sounds more like fundraising for charity than investing in a business with potential. The question is, why do we give this conversation a begging tone instead of highlighting the real value of women as inventors, experts, and consumers?

The Medium

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