The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra of Coda, YouTube, Microsoft

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Shishir Mehrotra is the co-founder and CEO of Coda, and formerly head of product and engineering at YouTube. In this episode, he shares his insights on growth strategy, how he evaluates talent, a peek at his upcoming book The Rituals of Great Teams, why reference checks are the most important step in the interview process, and so much more. Join us. — Find the full transcript here: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/the-rituals-of-great-teams-shishir-mehrotra-coda-youtube-microsoft/#transcript — Where to find Shishir Mehrotra: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/shishirmehrotra • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shishirmehrotra/ — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/ — Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible: • Coda: http://coda.io/lenny • Flatfile: https://www.flatfile.com/lenny • Eppo: https://www.geteppo.com/— Referenced: • The Rituals of Great Teams Braintrust: https://coda.io/@shishir/join-the-rituals-of-great-teams-braintrust • Bing Gordon: https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/bing-gordon/ • Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath: https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752 • PSHE diagram: https://coda.io/@shishir/pshe • Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/1627652736 • Only Murders in the Building: https://www.hulu.com/series/only-murders-in-the-building-ef31c7e1-cd0f-4e07-848d-1cbfedb50ddf • WandaVision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WandaVision • Fidji Simo: https://twitter.com/fidjissimo • Daniel Ek: https://twitter.com/eldsjal/ • Reid Hoffman: https://twitter.com/reidhoffman? • Mamoon Hamid: https://twitter.com/mamoonha • Quentin Clark: https://twitter.com/quentinclark • Sarah Guo: https://twitter.com/saranormous —In this episode, we cover:[4:13] Shishir’s background at Google and current role at Coda[7:53] How Shishir got on the board of Spotify[8:58] Black loo