The document discusses how to build a learning culture within an organization. It provides examples of how Spotify has created such a culture, including developing their popular Discover Weekly feature through experimentation. It outlines three steps to build a learning culture: 1) filter for people open to learning and growth, 2) provide feedback and reinforcement of this behavior, and 3) continuously reiterate the process to ingrain it in the organizational culture. The overall message is that embracing mistakes and learning from failures, rather than avoiding them, leads to innovation.
2. Spotify: Fast Facts
≒ Subscribers: Over 40 million (as of September 2016)
≒ Active users: Over 100 million (as of June 2016)
≒ Revenue paid to rightsholders: $5bn (as of September 2016)
≒ Number of songs: Over 30 million
≒ Number of playlists created: Over 2 billion
≒ Available in 60 markets
23. For the full Discover Weekly story
≒ https://labs.spotify.com/2015/11/18/what-made-discover-weekly-one-of-our-
most-successful-feature-launches-to-date/
≒ (Go to labs.spotify.com)
≒ http://www.slideshare.net/MrChrisJohnson/from-idea-to-execution-spotifys-
discover-weekly
≒ (Search slideshare.net for MrChrisJohnson or Discover Weekly)
30. The goals of a post-mortem are:
≒ To figure out what happened
≒ To identify how we can learn from it
≒ To identify remediations we can implement to improve things going forward
≒ To communicate this to stakeholders
31. Manyways to learn from
failure afterthe fact, but
how do we get to that
point?
32. Build a Learning Culture
in 3 Easy Steps:
1. Filter
2. Reinforce & Adjust
3. Reiterate
34. Getting the right people in the building
≒ What you can become matters
more than what you are
≒ "Whoever learns the fastest will
win
≒ "Resilient organizations require people
who can recover & learn from failure."
38. Mastery, Achievements, Behavior
≒ Overall do you see evidence
that they have ambition to
continuously grow and develop
both as a person and a
professional?
≒ Do they actively seek
opportunities to grow?
≒ "Do they undertake challenges
they have never taken before?
≒ "What evidence do you see that
they are continuously improving
and innovating in their area of
responsibility or outside of
that?