Good executives describe their expectations in terms of outcomes. They let their staff—who inherently ought to have a better understanding of the mechanics of the processes they are responsible for—determine the appropriate methods to get things done. Leaders getting too involved in details are […] - ThreadSky

glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy • 7 days ago

Good executives describe their expectations in terms of outcomes. They let their staff—who inherently ought to have a better understanding of the mechanics of the processes they are responsible for—determine the appropriate methods to get things done. Leaders getting too involved in details are […]

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glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

(matt levine voice) Is this securities fraud? 🦋

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tobias-lutke

fedi.chrisjrn.fyi•7 days ago

@glyph
So much of our industry is fundamentally broken by reading the causes and effects of Bezos' "you must do services and interfaces" memo in precisely the wrong direction

wagesj45.mastodon.jordanwages.com.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@glyph probably said the same thing back when computers were new and being rolled out

glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

@wagesj45 I'm having trouble parsing what you're saying. Are you suggesting that "computers" were only deployed because of visionary CEO leaders, due to top-down mandates because employees didn't want to use them? Or that *I* was around, and skeptical of "computers" when they were "being rolled […]

wagesj45.mastodon.jordanwages.com.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

@glyph my guess is that when computers were coming into their own, there was plenty of resistance from the existing workforce. my point being that the boots on the ground don't always know what's best, either.

glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

@wagesj45 ah. so you're just not familiar with the history of industrial computerization. broadly speaking your guess is just wrong here

wagesj45.mastodon.jordanwages.com.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

@glyph i'd be interested for a link to that history, because ive been around for digitalization of manual/paper processes and watched the retirements hit in droves because they didn't want to deal with it.

bjn.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@glyph @cstross https://infosec.exchange/@barubary Sometimes it’s worthwhile for well informed execs to challenge staff about ways of working and suggest new things. But you do that by running pilot projects to test things and listen to your staff. This is definitely not that though. If I was a Shopify customer I’d be […]

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