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“The overwhelming majority of human error-related outages involve ignored or inadequate procedu…#
“The overwhelming majority of human error-related outages involve ignored or inadequate procedures. Nearly 40% of organizations have suffered a major outage caused by human error over the past three years. Of these incidents, 85% stem from staff failing to follow procedures or from flaws in the processes and procedures themselves.”
Alternative take: https://a.co/d/6JlpJPp
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“Beyond that, what are some signs you can look for that would help you identify employees who a…#
“Beyond that, what are some signs you can look for that would help you identify employees who are a good fit for management? How do you know if someone would make a good leader?“
https://getlighthouse.com/blog/bad-manager/
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“There’s something a bit disheartening about assuming that any move you make that improves how …#
“There’s something a bit disheartening about assuming that any move you make that improves how understandable a system is will also rapidly be used to move as close to the edge of chaos as possible. I however have so far not observed anything that would lead me to believe things are going to be any different this time around.”
https://ferd.ca/the-law-of-stretched-cognitive-systems.html
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“Where radar could augment existing approaches, as with fire control, it performed well. Where …#
“Where radar could augment existing approaches, as with fire control, it performed well. Where it stressed existing approaches, as it did with the need to make sense of battle, it did not perform well. To escape these limitations, the Navy had to acknowledge Conway’s Law, move beyond established organizational structures, and design a new “system” based on new communication patterns, especially aboard ship.”
https://trenthone.com/2022/12/15/conways-law-and-radar/
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“Revolution”: a fundamental change in political organization NYT: “In other words, Mr. Mus…#
“Revolution”: a fundamental change in political organization
NYT: “In other words, Mr. Musk has picked the right time to start a management revolution. Now, the question is: How many bosses will follow him into the fire?”
The revolution were the DEI activities and awareness that preceded, not the desire to return to the time before. That’s a suppression, not a revolution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/technology/elon-musk-management-style.html
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“And Twitter, like all systems at scale, is constantly in some state of degradation. In fact Tw…#
“And Twitter, like all systems at scale, is constantly in some state of degradation. In fact Twitter has 15 years of experience being in a state of partial degradation. 15 years is a long time to optimize for high availability in the face of degradation. This system was literally built for this. “
Decline and Fall of a Billionaire’s Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/decline-fall-billionaires-twitter-casey-rosenthal