Welcome to INFUZED. A brand new initiative that aims to help you propel your organization.

I. Company Building

It was Safi Bahcall's Loonshots that sparked a massive change in my thinking about organizational structure. I was a big believer in culture over structure. However, I had to come to terms with the fact that structure is the decisive precursor to culture.

Being just one of the four parameters to Bahcall's "Innovation Equation", Organizational Fitness is in my opinion key to introduce the right incentives when building a company. The smaller the quotient in the organizational fitness equation below falls, the more effort people will spend on moving themselves forward instead of their projects.

A highly recommended read: "The Innovation Equation" in the Harvard Business Review.

II. People

In building and leading a team, it was essential for me to distinguish between "leadership" and "management".

Mark Suster put out a great, short post on the distinction between the two.

My recommendation: become clear which of the two roles you are currently filling and become great at it. Your clarity on this will have a profound impact on the people on your team.

III. Digital Product

The ultimate goal of every product is Product/ Market Fit. Superhuman's Rahul Vohra took the loosely defined notion of "product/ market fit" a step further and built an engine to methodologically find product/ market fit for his product. 

I highly recommend not only to read his thoughts, but also to dive into his engine.

I hope this inspires your thinking for the rest of the week and beyond. Please feel free to share INFUZED with anyone that you think would also benefit from a little dose of inspiration regarding company building, people, and digital products. 

If you have any feedback, suggestions, or similar, I am always curious to learn something new or just get better! Just hit reply. 

Stay inspiring and have a great week! 

David