First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

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Recommends yogrish · 2021-04 · on “Ask HN: What was the biggest leadership challenge of your career?”

The challenge I faced earlier was to get things executed ( expected outcome) from different teams. When I found my first follower , the one who really buys my vision and takes it down, things started to roll faster. This might give you an idea of first followers. [this video]

Recommends memish · 2022-11 · on “Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended”

What happens when Twitter survives despite reducing headcount by 80-90%? It's going to send a message that companies are more overstaffed than we thought. This may explain an underlying fear driving even some engineers to put their reputation on the line with confident declarations that Twitter is going to fail. Some were saying it wouldn't survive the night. It's now morning. Others saying it won't last the weekend or coming week. We'll soon find out. I would expect some bumps along the way. Twitter Blue was a bump. Perhaps Twitter is just the first to go lean before the recession. Elon merely the first dancer who is willing to look dumb. Now who's going to be the first follower to transfor

Recommends abirch · 2026-01 · on “I rebooted my social life”

1) Do something you enjoy *and* that others in your area enjoy. 2) Look for opportunities to be a first follower: [this video] 3) Build a routine. E.g., this event will happen every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Cites kevin · 2016-06 · on “Employee 1: Yahoo”

We're really excited about this new series on The Macro about the first employees at startups. First employees are often unsung heroes at companies, but often incredible crucial to getting them off the ground and setting the culture of the startup. I'm always remind of Derek Sivers video on First Followers when I think of them. [this video]

Cites zawerf · 2018-02 · on “Dancing mania”

> Scientists have described dancing mania as a "collective mental disorder", "collective hysterical disorder", and "mass madness". You can call it a disorder but it's also human nature. I can see this instance being classified as a modern outbreak: [this video]

Cites psyc · 2022-03 · on “US will now offer gender-neutral X option on passports”

I have seriously and honestly asked myself this! In my own head and never publicly, of course. I don't believe it's subject to rational/utilitarian analysis. It has, gradually at first, accelerating to a tipping point, become fashionable (albeit in a very serious way) to seek to protect this category of person. Admittedly reductionist, but I believe the core essence is simply this: [this video] I think protection, respect, dignity, rights for LGBTQ people is great! But as you note, there is something extra here. It seems like the entire population, which is mostly cis and hetero, is being asked... well, not asked, really. It's not a request anymore, is it? Strongly urged, to deconstruct and overh