Chapter 2 Episode 1: Sam McAfee

Silicon Valley veteran Sam McAfee from Startup Patterns helps us kick off chapter 2 of Marie's journey in this episode. 

What does it say about a company when it takes an archeological process to uncover previous work done to define and distribute company values? What can we learn from 20th century literature about mind games in the office? And what would Sam do if he had to help Zebra Apps with their dysfunctions?

Mind games in organizations 

• Sam refers to the book Games People Play written by Eric Berne about Transactional Analysis 
• Sam refers to Stephen Karpman's drama triangle, which is a model of dysfunctional social interaction 
• Check out Startup Patterns' article about mind games in the office, further detailing Berne and Karpman's concepts

Influence map

•  Sam talks about creating an influence map, you can find an example of one here 

Team organization

• Sam shares his thoughts about team organization in the episode. You can learn more in this Startup Patterns blogpost 

You can listen to the story part of the episode here.

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