The Algorithm
The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX
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The Algorithm
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Narrated by:
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Will Damron
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Written by:
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Jon McNeill
Summary
From a former President of Tesla comes The Algorithm—the first book written by any of Elon Musk’s direct reports—a transformative guide for leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators who want to emulate the paradigm-shattering approach Musk used to launch Tesla and SpaceX to meteoric success.
Jon McNeill had already founded and sold six startups when Sheryl Sandberg introduced him to Elon Musk, who was looking for help at Tesla. McNeill was steeped in the lean principles that had made Toyota a global powerhouse—principles focused on achieving efficiency and optimization by incrementally improving existing systems and processes. What he learned from Elon at Tesla was its antithesis, an approach that required radical rethinking to explode the status quo, attack complexity, and set seemingly unrealistic goals. Elon called this five-step framework “The Algorithm.”
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- Question every requirement.
- Delete every possible step in the process.
- Simplify and optimize.
- Accelerate cycle time.
- Automate.
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