Episode

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

Shishir Mehrotra, co-founder and CEO of Coda and former YouTube and Microsoft product leader, explains Coda's Black Loop and Blue Loop growth framework, contrasting internal document sharing with public publishing as distinct growth engines. He also describes eigenquestions, the single question that resolves the most subsequent decisions, illustrated through YouTube's 'consistency over comprehensiveness' bet, and shares his PSHE framework and reliance on reference checks for evaluating product talent.