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Netflix, 2009. Pitched unfairly, 2026.

125 slides that rewired Silicon Valley. Same story, same numbers. Rebuilt the way we'd pitch it today.

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  • 125 slides
  • 17M+ views
  • Reed Hastings
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2009 Culture deck

Netflix

125 slides that rewired Silicon Valley.

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  1. Netflix deck, slide 1: Freedom and responsibility. 01Freedom and responsibility.
  2. Netflix deck, slide 2: Values are who you hire, promote, and let go. 02Values are who you hire, promote, and let go.
  3. Netflix deck, slide 3: We hire, pay, promote, and let go on nine behaviors. 03We hire, pay, promote, and let go on nine behaviors.
  4. Netflix deck, slide 4: Would you fight to keep them? 04Would you fight to keep them?
  5. Netflix deck, slide 5: Adequate performance gets a generous severance. 05Adequate performance gets a generous severance.
  6. Netflix deck, slide 6: Most companies grow rules. We grow talent. 06Most companies grow rules. We grow talent.
  7. Netflix deck, slide 7: Our vacation policy? There isn't one. 07Our vacation policy? There isn't one.
  8. Netflix deck, slide 8: Lead with context, not control. 08Lead with context, not control.
  9. Netflix deck, slide 9: Highly aligned, loosely coupled. 09Highly aligned, loosely coupled.
  10. Netflix deck, slide 10: In creative work, the best are 10x the average. 10In creative work, the best are 10x the average.
  11. Netflix deck, slide 11: Hire stars. Then get out of the way. 11Hire stars. Then get out of the way.

Then · 2009 · 125 slides

The original

See the original 2009 deckReed Hastings, on SlideShare
  1. Title: Netflix Culture, Freedom and Responsibility
  2. The seven aspects of our culture
  3. Values are what we value (Enron's lobby values as the warning)
  4. Nine behaviors: judgment, communication, impact, curiosity, innovation, courage, passion, honesty, selflessness
  5. High performance: a team, not a family
  6. The Keeper Test, and a generous severance for adequate performance
  7. Freedom and responsibility: rules vs. talent density as companies grow
  8. No vacation policy or tracking; expenses in five words
  9. Context, not control
  10. Highly aligned, loosely coupled
  11. Pay top of market (the rock-star principle)
  12. Promotions and development: your career is yours

Now · 2026 · 11 slides

What we changed

  • The Keeper Test is a gamePick a teammate from a "Who's on your team?" profile screen and get the deck's own verdict, from Keep to a generous severance.
  • Context and control, one toggleThe same org flips between a boss approving every call and a team running on shared context. It plays control first, then lands on context.
  • The vacation policy deletes itselfFour lines of typical HR policy backspace away until one sentence is left: there is no policy or tracking.
  • 125 slides became 11Every one of the seven aspects survives, one idea per screen, dressed as a streaming title instead of a wall of text.

Steal the structure

Build your culture deck like Netflix did.

  1. 01 Title screen Name the culture in two words people will repeat.
  2. 02 Real values Define values by who gets hired, promoted, and let go, not by the lobby poster.
  3. 03 Behaviors List the few behaviors you actually hire and fire on, one line each.
  4. 04 The bar Give managers one test they can run on anyone today.
  5. 05 The hard truth Say the line most culture decks won't, in full screen.
  6. 06 Why fewer rules Show what happens to rules when talent density falls, and your answer.
  7. 07 Proof by policy Kill one real policy on stage to show you mean it.
  8. 08 How we lead Contrast the managing style you reject with the one you expect.
  9. 09 How teams work Agree on the what, free the how.
  10. 10 How we pay Tie pay to the value of the best people, with the math.
  11. 11 End card Close on the promise and what comes next.

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