First Round Review · 2018-07-30 · 2865d

Building a Motivation Pyramid: Four Essential Components for Scaling Organizations

Product leader Jack Chou shares a four-component pyramid framework for maintaining employee motivation as companies scale, based on his experience at LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Affirm. The framework emphasizes People, Ownership, and two additional components, with each level providing the foundation for the next.

3 metrics· Cited 0× in the knowledge base ·Open source ↗

Metrics in this report

Physical Proximity in Early Stage

10feet

maximum distance

distance from decision-making in 10-person companies

Success Rate of Conflict Resolution

1attempts

successful

PM-designer relationship repair in hundreds of attempts by veteran product leader

Team Growth Rate

7xmultiplier

achieved

team size increase over 18 months by Jack Chou