BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 36 TALKS

Best Management, leadership & organizations Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 36 Management, leadership & organizations talks from a 79-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small, Principles of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017, and I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293. The broader topic archive has 574 labeled comments across 2010–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2010–2017.

    9 recommenders
  2. 2
    Principles of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.

    9 recommenders
  3. 3
    I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Space exploration & spaceflight; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    9 recommenders
  4. 4
    Start with why -- how great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek | TEDxPugetSound

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2015–2024.

    6 recommenders
  5. 5
    Google I/O 2009 - The Myth of the Genius Programmer

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2011–2024.

    5 recommenders
  6. 6
    Velocity NY 2013: Richard Cook, "Resilience In Complex Adaptive Systems"

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cloud, DevOps & reliability; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.

    4 recommenders
  7. 7
    How Great Leaders Inspire Action | Simon Sinek | TED

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2011–2022.

    4 recommenders
  8. 8
    How to crash an airplane – Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer UK 2016

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2019–2024.

    4 recommenders
  9. 9
    Mike Mullane - Normalisation of deviance - IAFF - Part 1

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Space exploration & spaceflight; the recorded mentions span 2018–2022.

    4 recommenders
  10. 10
    Moishe Lettvin - What I Learned Doing 250 Interviews at Google

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.

    4 recommenders
  11. 11
    High Altitude Leadership | Chris Warner | Talks at Google

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2010–2014.

    3 recommenders
  12. 12
    The Energy Project | Tony Schwartz | Talks at Google

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Productivity & self-improvement; the recorded mentions span 2010–2016.

    3 recommenders
  13. 13
    Simon Sinek: Why Leaders Eat Last

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2014–2017.

    3 recommenders
  14. 14
    The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink | TED

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2010–2026.

    3 recommenders
  15. 15
    Gabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions, and the Future of Corporations

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2015–2025.

    3 recommenders
  16. 16
    What I Wish I Had Known Before Scaling Uber to 1000 Services • Matt Ranney • GOTO 2016

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.

    3 recommenders
  17. 17
    The Original Skunk Works – Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer UK 2017

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.

    3 recommenders
  18. 18
    Reinventing Organizations

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2014–2020.

    3 recommenders
  19. 19
    Your Brain at Work

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Neuroscience & the brain; the recorded mentions span 2011–2015.

    3 recommenders
  20. 20
    How technology loses out in companies, countries & continents and what to do about it

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech industry & business models; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.

    2 recommenders
  21. 21
    If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk...

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.

    2 recommenders
  22. 22
    David Heinemeier Hansson-Unlearn Your MBA (Entire talk)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.

    2 recommenders
  23. 23
    #NoEstimates (Allen Holub)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    2 recommenders
  24. 24
    How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay Christensen at TEDxBoston

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Productivity & self-improvement; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.

    2 recommenders
  25. 25
    Assholes are Ruining Your Project. Donnie Berkholz (RedMonk).

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2014–2023.

    2 recommenders