External communication combined with radical transparency
Dear friends,Every week, I’m sharing an essay that relates to what we are building and learning at Alan. Those essays are fed by the article I’m lucky enough to read and capitalise on. I’m going to try to be provocative in those essays to trigger a discussion with the community. Please answer, comment, and ping me! If you are not subscribed yet, it's right here! If you like it, please share it on social networks! External communication combined with radical transparency.Today, I want to talk about radical transparency and the relationship between what we share internally among Alaners, where we have ultimate and reciprocal trust, and what we can share externally. We strive to be more transparent than other companies, even outside Alan, but without being naive about the consequences of certain disclosures of ongoing projects that can make a big difference when released externally. How to approach external transparencyAs a company, we do not wish to create more rules, processes, or validations. we want to trust the intelligence of Alaners because that's why they were hired. Thus, the questions you should ask yourself every time are:
Our internal commitmentEvery decision, every project, is accessible to Alaners, because we trust the team, because we owe the team radical transparency, because it's important to create this level of trust together. It allows us to build an environment where Alaners can make better decisions because they have more information. External partnersThere is sometimes information that we do not communicate externally, even if we are radically transparent internally. If you think there is a chance it is an important internal asset of Alan, ask before on the dedicated channel “is it OK to talk about this?”. People should be nuanced, sometimes it is OK to discuss something with a “friendly company” and not to discuss the same thing with a potential competitor. We trust the team to exercise their best judgement. ConclusionWe want to create an environment where we have mutual trust, where we don’t have to label everything we share internally with how it could be shared externally, because we do truly believe that every Alaners are capable of exercising their “critical mind” on what to share or not to share, ask when they are unsure, and fight gossiping. Ultimately, we rely on Alaners judgement. If you’re unsure, don’t share, that's the easiest way! Some good articles I have read this week👉Last week Samsung launched its new flagship phone, the Galaxy S24 featuring Galaxy AI. (The Tech Buzz)
👉 Hims & Hers stocks jumps 30%+ on profitable growth in Q4 (Hims & Hers Q4 & FY23 Shareholder Letter)
👉 Limbic, a mental health AI startup, raised $14 million in fresh capital to expand access to the company's platform to US-based providers (Link)
👉 Duolingo runs a taqueria outside their HQ in Pittsburgh. You get a discount for speaking Spanish (X)
👉 Social Security Financing Act: the Constitutional Council partially censures the text (L’Argus)
👉 Healthy life expectancy: the indicator is set to fall in 2022, according to a study (Le Figaro)
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