All meetings are filmed, and the footage is available to everyone in the company. Employees rate each other's performance with proprietary iPad apps, and they can be fired for criticizing colleagues behind their backs rather than to their faces. While Dalio credits this unique philosophy for much of Bridgewater's success — it manages $169 billion in assets — over the past few years he has been gradually backing away from management responsibilities while remaining active in investment strategy. Business Insider asked Dalio by email to elaborate on the ways he considers Bridgewater's culture to be misunderstood, how he's putting systems in...