Shopify CEO: Why Micromanaging is Actually Good

Tobi Lütke is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shopify, the powerhouse company allowing anyone to start and grow their e-commerce business. Over an incredible 18 years, Tobi has scaled Shopify to 10% of total US e-commerce, millions of merchants in over 170 countries, and a market cap today of over $60BN. Huge thanks to Harley Finkelstein for making this happen.
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[@wealthbyGDP]

Would have been nice to first agree on the definition of micromanagement.

[@isaacprosper6295]

share responsibilities and perfomance obligations ut always take accountability

[@isaacprosper6295]

sharingg accountability is when things a]have gone wrong,responsibility is more of preventive measure.micromanaging isnt god but managing is good,and sharing responsibility and expected perfomance obligations to employees is actually good

[@MarkusAndrezak]

I honestly think he wants to create a stir up. While he uses the word micro management what he describes is a bit of founders bias mixed with giving directions and ‘I want to be informed’. But he then goes on to say ‘not in the level of menus’ aka not on the level of micro management.
And yes, the founders bias is all over the place. He really thinks he’s great at a a huge amount of things.

[@yp5387]

This is the first time I am disagreeing with Tobi. Micromanage could be a good thing but it does more damage if not done correctly which is the case most of the time. If Tobi is doing micromanage, then I am good. He is a good and proven leader but I cant stand if my current team lead starts micro management because he isn’t good enough yet. He is just a regular leader.