Part I. Where I'm coming from
My all to adventure: 1949-1967
Crossing the threshold: 1967-1979
My road of trials: 1983-1994
The ultimate boon: 1995-2010
Returning the boon: 2011-2015
My last year and my greatest challenge: 2016-2017
Looking back from a higher level
Embrace reality and deal with it
Use the 5-step process to get what you want out of life
Understand that people are wired very differently
Learn how to make decisions effectively
Life principles: putting it all together
Summary and table of life principles
Part III. Work principles
Summary and table of work principles
To get the culture right...
Trust in radical truth and radical transparency
Cultivate meaningful work and meaningful relationships
Create a culture in which it is okay to make mistakes and unacceptable not to learn from them
Believability weight your decision making
Recognize how to get beyond disagreements
To get the people right...
Remember that the WHO is more important than the WHAT
Hire right, because the penalties for hiring wrong are huge
Constantly train, test, evaluate, and sort people
To build an evolve your machine...
Manage as someone operating a machine to achieve a goal
Perceive and don't tolerate problems
Diagnose problems to get at their roots
Design improvements to your machine to get around your problems
Do what you set out to do
Use tools and protocols to shape how work is done
And for heaven's sake, don't overlook governance!
Work principles: putting it all together
Appendix: Tools and protocols for Bridgewater's idea meritocracy.
