The Netflix "Culture Memo" remains a defining aspect of co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings legacy, a wonkish, new-agey contribution to American business that placed him on an echelon of thought leaders like former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch.
Fifteen years after Hastings first published the document that defined Netflix as an elite employment destination where only the most talented, responsible and forthright individuals thrive, the streaming company has published a fourth iteration -- the first version with Hastings moved out of the C-suite onto the board is shorter, 2,262 words vs. over 3,800 for version 3.0, which was published in May 2022.
