What's up everyone? This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and executive chairman of Morning Brew.

Welcome back to Founders Journal, my personal audio diary, where I give you the business builder,

the tools you need to think better in order to build better, whether that's building a business,

a team, or a new product. Today, I talk about the power of disagreement. Let's hop into it.

I am a huge Netflix fan. Huge. But it may not be for the reason that you think.

Obviously, from Building Morning Brew, I am a content and media junkie, and I think the

war chest of IP that Netflix has built puts it into a content hall of fame with companies like

Disney. But actually, what I love about Netflix has nothing to do with its content or media.

It has to do with its culture. Thanks to Paddy McCord and the now famous 125-slide Netflix culture

deck, the streaming giant has become famous for its very specific view on how culture does and does

not work at Netflix. The deck talks about everything from how values aren't just words on a wall,

but what are the behaviors that lead to an employee's promotion or separation? It also talks about

the importance of talent density and how good employees get generous severance packages and great

employees continue to escalate at the company. But for the purpose of this episode, one of the things

that I admire most about Netflix is how it has built a culture that welcomes open disagreement.

Here specifically what it says on the company's blog.

Quote, if you disagree on a material issue, it is your responsibility to explain why you disagree,

ideally in both discussion and in writing. The back and forth of discussion can clarify the

different views and concise writing of the core issues helps people reflect on what is the wise

course as well as making it easy to share your views widely. The informed captain on that decision

has the responsibility to welcome, understand and consider your opinions, but may not agree.

Once the captain makes a decision, we expect everyone to help make it as successful as possible.

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