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Hiring Good Irish Hybrids
Hiring all the time. Selling Slack to candidates. Adapting Slack to Ireland. Guessing that it's a little from column A, a little from column B.
Oct 22
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James Sherrett
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Just Like Starting Over
Launching in Dublin. What is Slack, again? Telling our story from scratch. Flying to find the complexities of Europe.
Oct 15
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James Sherrett
1
Culture Carriers in Dublin
Doing the job in Dublin. Starting with Hanni. Finding a fridge. Fitting into life.
Oct 8
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James Sherrett
2
Boom Times, Not Boom Times
Learning about Ireland. Starting in Dublin. Finding some history. Some well remembered, some purposefully forgotten.
Oct 1
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James Sherrett
4
3
September 2025
Stone Upon Stone
Opening Slack’s Dublin offices at the Guinness Storehouse. Finding poetry in the streets. Finding familiarity by travelling.
Sep 24
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James Sherrett
4
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Leaving for Dublin
Things left behind. Deciding as a family. Acknowledging the inequality of it all. Celebrating moving.
Sep 17
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James Sherrett
3
2
Eee Mee Yah and Slack's International HQ
Europe calling, early. Familiarizing in Dublin. Landing in Ireland. Learning the lingo. Deciding on Dublin.
Sep 10
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James Sherrett
4
How Slack Built its Culture: Part 3
Zooming in on culture. Finding ourselves in a crisis not to be wasted. Spreading signs. Struggling with paying people in Sales.
Sep 3
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James Sherrett
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2
August 2025
How Slack Built its Culture: Part 2
Eating the goat. Shifting to Six Slack Values. Creating canonical stories for each value. Onboarding as a force multiplier.
Aug 27
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James Sherrett
2
3
How Slack Built its Culture: Part 1
Starting to define our culture with Four Slack Attributes. Learning what it means to be "Slacky". Finding a range of reactions.
Aug 20
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James Sherrett
3
Do the Best Work of Your Life
What matters? How do we do things here? Starting to build a sales team culture. Finding a Slack culture.
Aug 13
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James Sherrett
3
Slack Gets Kinda Famous
Slack in the wild. Hosting Jared Leto and his Oscar. Tweeting with Snoop Dogg. Finding new office spaces.
Aug 6
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James Sherrett
4
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