The focus of my book Impact is on entrepreneurial teams — all of the values, principles, and practices are offered to help leaders build high-performing teams to disrupt the status…
How entrepreneurial teams work, lead, and deliver results that last Principles are often confused with values. The distinction matters. On entrepreneurial teams, principles shape how you make decisions, respond to…
My book Impact describes how to inspire, align, and amplify innovative teams. And it explores these ideas at both the team level (the operating system that applies to everyone) and…
John Shedletsky, Roblox’s first employee, built or helped build some of the platform’s most engaging features—the virtual economy, a currency trading system, user-to-user advertising, and the avatar catalog, to name…
Moving with urgency is critical to entrepreneurial success. In the face of uncertainty and competition, the combination of focus, speed, and iteration outperforms everything else. But it is one thing…
The earliest version of Roblox lacked the ability to program games. Instead, players created experiences by arranging predefined gaming elements in their virtual environments. The rationale was usability—it is easier…
The year we doubled Roblox wasn’t just about ideas — it was also about creating the operating conditions to get things done. A Bold Bet on What Was Possible In…
One of the most complex product transitions we completed during my Roblox tenure was the phaseout of one of our two virtual currencies. At the time, Roblox had one currency…
How a crisis forced a team to confront first principles — and how culture, not a single idea, became the solution. An excerpt from Impact. When growth becomes the risk…
Most leadership advice assumes you should either coach your team or jump in and lead from the front. In practice, leaders who scale impact learn to move fluidly between three…
