Evidently publicly drinking the kool aid is the 7th lesson op learned. There are maybe 3 actual lessons, and quite a few “Shopify is so great” lessons.
Separately, I cannot possibly imagine an internal podcast is anything but awful.
I don't get it. Is it an update? A dissemination? A directive? Just for funsies?
I worked at a place with an internal podcast and never had time to listen during work hours and doubted I would learn anything I didn't from trusted water cooler comrades.
I just get Heaven's Gate vibes with an updated medium, honestly.
One of the main duties of executives is communication to employees, to make sure that everyone is swimming in the same direction. For a small firm, Friday afternoon beer bashes work. For a mid-sized firm, those usually slip to monthly events and the beer quality drops..
For a large firm getting everyone into the same room for a meeting isn't possible any more - either because they're remote (especially so these days) or there just isn't a room large enough. So something like a podcast or a Teams meeting becomes the best way to communicate with everyone.
My company can still get it’s entire HQ into one room by renting the ballroom of a large hotel. The beer is average, and it happens only twice a year, but the worst part is that the executives are talking mostly air. I think they’re good people, but I can’t say I’m interested in what they’re showing me.
Last time they were talking about remodelling the office to be more ‘open’, and I asked if anyone had given any consideration to how easy it would be to focus there? Nobody had.
Separately, I cannot possibly imagine an internal podcast is anything but awful.