Huang prefers an agile corporate structure, with no fixed divisions or hierarchy. Instead, employees submit a weekly list of the five most important things they are working on. Brevity is encouraged, as Huang surveys these e-mails late into the night.
Huang communicates to his staff by writing hundreds of e-mails per day, often only a few words long. One executive compared the e-mails to haiku, another to ransom notes.
When scheduling, Huang asks employees to consider “the speed of light.” This does not simply mean to move quickly; rather, employees are to consider the absolute fastest a task could conceivably be accomplished, then work backward toward an achievable goal.
— From How Jensen Huang’s Nvidia Is Powering the A.I. Revolution by Stephen Witt in the New Yorker.
Communicate quickly and efficiently. Work backwards from the absolute fastest possible means to an end. Be brief; be quick. Great approaches.
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