“today my guest is Elizabeth Stone Elizabeth is Chief technology officer at Netflix”
Elizabeth Stone
Elizabeth Stone on her podcast with you talked a lot about her sort non-traditional background for a CTO
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Additive Hiring
Stop hiring people who fit the box. Hire people who make the team stronger than it is today.
Calendar-Defended Proximity
Connection to the front line won't happen by accident as you rise — you have to fight your calendar for it.
Context Not Control
Your job as a leader is to give people the context to decide well — including the context that isn't flattering.
Excellence Is the Outcome, Not the Artefact
Ask what the meeting is actually for, then spend the effort there — not on the last 20% of polish.
Expectation, Gap, Fill
Set the bar explicitly, name the exact gap, then jump in with both feet and close it with them.
Talent Density as Prerequisite
Freedom, low process and candour are not policies you adopt — they are dividends of talent density.
The Full-Stack Centralized Insights Org
Keep data, research and engineering in one central team — objectivity is the asset you're protecting.
The Keeper Test
Ask monthly: if this person quit today, would I fight to keep them? If not, have the conversation now.
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