Via Signal vs. Noise:
Caterina Fake on getting high performance out of high potential people:
“Figure out what work activities turn them on and off. Then for their job, downplay the stuff they hate, or that are their weaknesses, and figure out what they love doing. Make their job mostly about the things they love doing. And figure out what they are solving for not only in their jobs but in their personal lives as well.”
“My pick for Yahoo CEO would be Caterina Fake… Almost everything Yahoo does ought to be more like Flickr in some ways.”
The only way you establish an ethos like that is by doing it yourself in conjunction with people who either share your headspace or at least challenge where you think you’re head should be at.