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Zuckerberg Admits Elon's Twitter Takeover Pushed the Entire Industry to Get Lean

By Mark Zuckerberg · Leadership · 1 min read

You can agree or disagree with how Elon did it. But a lot of the principles he pushed — making the org more technical, decreasing the distance between engineers and leadership — led Zuckerberg and others to ask: could we be better too?

Key Points

Elon led a push to make Twitter leaner — Zuckerberg thinks the specific principles were sound
More technical org, fewer layers, shorter distance between engineers and leadership
Elon's actions led Zuckerberg and others in the industry to push on the same principles

His actions led me and a lot of other folks in the industry to think: could we make our companies better by pushing on these same principles?

The Principles Were Sound

Zuckerberg: I do think Elon led a push early on to make Twitter a lot leaner. You can agree or disagree with exactly all the tactics and how he did it. Every leader has their own style.

But a lot of the specific principles he pushed on — basically trying to make the organization more technical, decreasing the distance between engineers and leadership — those were sound.

You can disagree with the tactics. But the principles — more technical, fewer layers — were sound.

Could We Be Better Too?

Zuckerberg: His actions led me and a lot of other folks in the industry to think — could we make our companies better by pushing on these same principles?

And I think the answer for a lot of companies turned out to be yes.

His actions led me and others to ask — could we be better by pushing on the same principles? The answer was yes.