I agree with quite a bit of this. I particularly want to highlight the point about combo teams of drivers and analytical people — I think EA doesn’t just want more executors, but more executor/analyst teams that work really well together. I think that because of the lack of feedback loops on whether work is really helpful for longterm outcomes we’ll often really need excellent analysts embedded at the heart of execute-y teams. So this means that as well as cultivating executors we want to cultivate analyst types who can work well with executors.
I agree with quite a bit of this. I particularly want to highlight the point about combo teams of drivers and analytical people — I think EA doesn’t just want more executors, but more executor/analyst teams that work really well together. I think that because of the lack of feedback loops on whether work is really helpful for longterm outcomes we’ll often really need excellent analysts embedded at the heart of execute-y teams. So this means that as well as cultivating executors we want to cultivate analyst types who can work well with executors.