RE-IMAGINING PEOPLE AND CULTURE - @Mohitsax CTO & Founder
RE-IMAGINING PEOPLE AND CULTURE
- @Mohitsax CTO & Founder
What is innovation?
The ability to see things beyond the paradigm of success and failure
and relating progress to a larger cause is innovation
An act of ordinary people that causes extraordinary
disruption in any field is innovation
The grass-root movement that energize the entire group to
move beyond status-quo and do things that matter and have
higher impact is innovation
But innovation can't be done in isolation
Innovation is not necessarily doing something new
Innovation is > an ability to turn problems into
opportunity>to create an environment of free thinking
that thrives on great ideas> to bring people out of their shells and set
them free to dream and pursue it
But we did not know this when we started 8 years ago
When we started
People advised against it
We went Global anyway
People said start at west
We made products in India
We kept disrupting and pushing the envelope
We scaled massively
Grew from a handful to>1000
And suddenly
People
Prod
uctiv
ity
People
Prod
uctiv
ity
We Stopped Growing
?
EntrepreneurshipRisk Taking
Thinking BigPassion
Wall vs Reality
Threw out ‘archaic’ thinking
1) Don’t manage: Just focus on growing people
Threw out Performance management system
Started paying 100% bonus
Stopped ranking and rating people
2) 1% vs. 99%
Travel Policy: Travel if it were your own money
Reimbursement policy: No pre and post approvals
Leaves: No pre and post approvals till 6 days
3) Realize your people are great,
learn to trust them
Trust that people inside are better than people
outside“Live your Potential”
No approvals required
30% of our positions are filled through “Live Your
Potential”
20% InMobians have applied for “Live Your
Potential”
People like to stretch “Bridge Assignments”
15% InMobians have taken bridge assignments
Bet @ 60%
Experience
Capa
bilit
y Over 90% Failure
Leap of faith
90% Success
Learn what you what to learn
4) Beyond employee and work: Build lasting
relationships
InMobi family is not just 1000 but >3000
Summer Camps for kids at InMobi office
Cats and Dogs
Kids @ office
Promote Entrepreneurship
SlideRule Oliveboard Globevestor PickYourTrail
Housify Kritter Allchemist Fairket
English Dost Galleri5 Moneysights Mobobeat
Credibase Shifter.in Do SelectAnd many more …
InMobi Mafia: 40+ Startups
Boomerang: We welcome our people back with
open arms
We love failed entrepreneurs
5) Workspace
Small is big
Innovative workspace with no cabins
Attracting great talent
Disruption in HR and Culture led to disruption at multiple
levels
Hadoop contribution
Falcon, Conduit, Lens, Kinobi, Cito engine
Disruption in Engineering / Technology
A Revolutionary Discovery Platform
from InMobi
Disruption in Product
Our Culture became Biggest Differentiator
It started to make ripples
Culture was always there.
But now we’re taking it to the next
orbit..
Originates from the Turkish word Hayal
which means Imagination
Originates from the Sanskrit word
Awirodhin which means not being out of
harmony with (allowing for creative tension)
Originates from Latin work Opus
which means Action
Convergence of three words that form the foundation of our culture
Power of being Open
YaWiO went open source
InMobi runs on YaWiO
Disruptive companies will run on YaWiO
India needs YaWiO