This story is based on an interview with Harry Stebbings on the 20VC podcast. You can listen to the episode here. Ever stare at your washing machine and wonder, “Why is this so complicated?” Mike Cannon-Brookes does. After more than two decades building Atlassian, he’s convinced that progress depends on being a little “unreasonable”: challenging the status quo, redesigning what doesn’t work, and empowering others to do the same.