Stripe's approach allows heterogeneous exploration-exploitation ratios across the organization, with different teams allocated different ratios based on their function, enabling organizational pace layering where different parts operate at different speeds.
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Patrick CollisonEvidence Quote
“as we've grown we've we've tried to shift into a model where it is somewhat less uniform and in certain teams less optimization of what already exists is going to be required it's going to require more exploration and in other parts of the company it could be tilted in the reverse direction”
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Patrick Collison: Philosophies for Running Stripe, Hiring, Decision Making, and Reading— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:17:01 PM
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