최근 트위터에 화자되고 있는 일론 머스크의 이메일. 생산성과 회의에 대한 그의 생각을 옅볼 수 있다. 읽어보다 괜찮아서 정리해본다. 아래는 해석된 내용이다.
1. 너무 큰 미팅은 가급적 열지 않습니다 : 미팅의 규모가 클수록 시간과 에너지의 낭비가 발생합니다. 미팅에 너무 많은 사람이 참여하면 원활한 토론이 이루어지지 않고요. 사람이 많을수록 미팅 참가자들은 개방적이기보다는 방어적인 태도를 취하기 쉽습니다. 너무 많은 사람이 미팅에 참여할수록 무임승차자도 생기기 마련이고요. 따라서 참여한 모든 사람에게 명확한 가치를 제공한다는 확신이 없는 한, 대규모 미팅은 가급적이면 자제하는 게 좋습니다.
2. 본인이 기여하는 바가 없는 미팅 자리는 과감히 피합니다 : 생산적인 미팅이 이루어지려면, 참여하는 사람들이 의미 있는 정보를 공유하거나, 다른 사람들에게 가치를 제공하거나, 미팅을 통해 의사결정이 이루어져야 합니다. 이 3가지에 당신이 기여하는 바가 없는 미팅은 아예 참석하지 않는 것이 좋고, 설령 참석했더라도 당신이 그 모임에 기여하는 바가 없다고 판단되면 무례하더라도 그 자리를 떠는 게 다른 사람들의 시간을 줄여주는 방법입니다. 아무것도 기여하는 바 없이, 사람들의 소중한 시간이 당신으로 인해 허비된다면, 결과적으로는 그것이 더 유해하고 무례한 행동일 수 있어요.
3. 필요한 의사소통은 다른 사람을 통하지 말고 직접 합니다 : 아무리 조직 내 의사소통 체계가 명확하더라도 필요한 일은 직접 커뮤니케이션하는 게 좋습니다. 그리고 빠르게 커뮤니케이션하는 사람들이 결국에는 빠른 의사 결정을 내립니다. 그리고 비즈니스 세계에서 빠른 의사소통이야말로 최고의 경쟁우위입니다.
4. 똑똑해 보이려고 애쓰지 않고, 명확하게 의사소통을 하는 데 집중합니다 : 괜히 멋부린다고 어려운 기술 용어나 이상한 표현을 만들어내지 말고, 일을 할 때는 간결하고 명확하게 요점을 이야기하는 게 제일 좋습니다. 특히 어렵고 이상한 단어를 쓸수록 커뮤니케이션은 느려집니다. 그러니 어설프게 똑똑한 척 하지 말고, 효율적으로 커뮤니케이션하는 법부터 연습하세요.
5. 미팅에 너무 의존하지 않습니다 : 애매한 문제가 생길 때마다 미팅하는 습관을 가지면, 조직의 모든 사람들의 시간을 잡아먹기 십상입니다. 미팅은 아무나 때나 하는 게 아니라, 1) 협업이 필요할 때, 2) 직면한 이슈를 정면돌파해야 할 때, 3) 긴급한 문제를 빠르게 해결할 때 사용하는 겁니다. 실제로 대부분의 이슈는 미팅 없이도 해결 가능하고요. 글로 잘 커뮤니케이션할 수 있으면 이메일과 슬랙만으로도 해결할 수 있는 문제는 엄청나게 많습니다.
6. 규칙에 너무 얽매이지 말고 상식적 수준에서 원칙을 지킵니다 : 말이 안 되는 규칙이나 일의 진행에 도움이 되지 않는 규칙, 그리고 당신의 특수한 상황에 맞지 않은 규칙을 억지로 지키려다 생산성을 파괴되지 마세요. 그런 상황에선 상식적인 수준에서 원칙을 지킨다면, 구태여 규칙을 안 따라도 됩니다.
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원문
Progress, Precision and Profit
Everybody
Progress
First, congratulations are in order! We have now completed our third full week of producing over 2000 Model 3 vehicles. The first week was 2020, the second was 2070 and we just completed 2250 last week, along with 2000 Model S/X vehicles.
This is more than double Tesla’s weekly production rate last year and an amazing feat in the face of many challenges! It is extremely rare for an automotive company to grow the production rate by over 100% from one year to the next. Moreover, there has simultaneously been a significant improvement in quality and build accuracy, which is reflected in positive owner feedback.
Starting today at Giga and tomorrow at Fremont, we will be stopping for three to five days to do a comprehensive set of upgrades. This should set us up for Model 3 production of 3000 to 4000 per week next month.
Another set of upgrades starting in late May should be enough to unlock production capacity of 6000 Model 3 vehicles per week by the end of June. Please note that all areas of Tesla and our suppliers will be required to demonstrate a Model 3 capacity of ~6000/week by building 850 sets of car parts in 24 hours no later than June 30th.
Any Tesla department or supplier that is unable to do this will need to have a very good explanation why not, along with a plan for fixing the problem and present that to me directly. If anyone needs help achieving this, please let me know as soon as possible. We are going to find a way or make a way to get there.
The reason that the burst-build target rate is 6000 and not 5000 per week in June is that we cannot have a number with no margin for error across thousands of internally and externally produced parts and processes, amplified by a complex global logistics chain. Actual production will move as fast as the least lucky and least well-executed part of the entire Tesla production/supply chain system.
By having a Model 3 subsystem burst-build requirement of 6k by the end of June, we will lay the groundwork for achieving a steady 6k/week across the whole Model 3 system a few months later.
As part of the drive towards 6k, all Model 3 production at Fremont will move to 24/7operations. This means that we will be adding another shift to general assembly, body and paint. Please refer anyone you know who you think meets the Tesla bar for talent, drive and trust. Between Fremont and Giga, Tesla will be adding about 400 people per week for several weeks.
Precision
Most of the design tolerances of the Model 3 are already better than any other car in the world. Soon, they will all be better. This is not enough. We will keep going until the Model 3 build precision is a factor of ten better than any other car in the world. I am not kidding.
Our car needs to be designed and built with such accuracy and precision that, if an owner measures dimensions, panel gaps and flushness, and their measurements don’t match the Model 3 specs, it just means that their measuring tape is wrong.
Some parts suppliers will be unwilling or unable to achieve this level of precision. I understand that this will be considered an unreasonable request by some. That’s ok, there are lots of other car companies with much lower standards. They just can’t work with Tesla.
Profit
A fair criticism leveled at Tesla by outside critics is that you’re not a real company unless you generate a profit, meaning simply that revenue exceeds costs. It didn’t make sense to do that until reaching economies of scale, but now we are there.
Going forward, we will be far more rigorous about expenditures. I have asked the Tesla finance team to comb through every expense worldwide, no matter how small, and cut everything that doesn’t have a strong value justification.
All capital or other expenditures above a million dollars, or where a set of related expenses may accumulate to a million dollars over the next 12 months, should be considered on hold until explicitly approved by me. If you are the manager responsible, please make sure you have a detailed, first principles understanding of the supplier quote, including every line item of parts & labor, before we meet.
I have been disappointed to discover how many contractor companies are interwoven throughout Tesla. Often, it is like a Russian nesting doll of contractor, subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, etc. before you finally find someone doing actual work. This means a lot of middle-managers adding cost but not doing anything obviously useful. Also, many contracts are essentially open time & materials, not fixed price and duration, which creates an incentive to turn molehills into mountains, as they never want to end the money train.
There is a very wide range of contractor performance, from excellent to worse than a drunken sloth. All contracting companies should consider the coming week to be a final opportunity to demonstrate excellence. Any that fail to meet the Tesla standard of excellence will have their contracts ended on Monday.
Btw, here are a few productivity recommendations:
– Excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time. Please get of all large meetings, unless you’re certain they are providing value to the whole audience, in which case keep them very short.
– Also get rid of frequent meetings, unless you are dealing with an extremely urgent matter. Meeting frequency should drop rapidly once the urgent matter is resolved.
– Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren’t adding value. It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time.
– Don’t use acronyms or nonsense words for objects, software or processes at Tesla. In general, anything that requires an explanation inhibits communication. We don’t want people to have to memorize a glossary just to function at Tesla.
– Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not through the “chain of command”. Any manager who attempts to enforce chain of command communication will soon find themselves working elsewhere.
– A major source of issues is poor communication between depts. The way to solve this is allow free flow of information between all levels. If, in order to get something done between depts, an individual contributor has to talk to their manager, who talks to a director, who talks to a VP, who talks to another VP, who talks to a director, who talks to a manager, who talks to someone doing the actual work, then super dumb things will happen. It must be ok for people to talk directly and just make the right thing happen.
– In general, always pick common sense as your guide. If following a “company rule” is obviously ridiculous in a particular situation, such that it would make for a great Dilbert cartoon, then the rule should change.
If there is something you think should be done to make Tesla execute better or allow you to look forward to coming to work more (same thing in the long term), please send a note to [redacted]
Thanks for being such a kickass team and accomplishing miracles every day. It matters. We are burning the midnight oil to burn the midnight oil.
Elon
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출처 : https://medium.com/drury/the-elon-musk-productivity-email-ad84fc2426cd
The Elon Musk Productivity Email
Source: themindsetapp.com
medium.com
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