Toots from 2025-07-14#
It’s “why is my air conditioner so loud” season here in the PNW.#
It’s “why is my air conditioner so loud” season here in the PNW.
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“But this structure does little to engage the collective intelligence of the people in the room…#
“But this structure does little to engage the collective intelligence of the people in the room. We hire talented, thoughtful, capable people, yet we often treat meetings as if their role is to receive information, not contribute meaningfully to its interpretation or improvement. “
https://mikefisher.substack.com/p/thayer-method?utm_medium=newsletter
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“I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future. I do not have the time or emotiona…#
“I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future. I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community.”
https://aphyr.com/posts/389-the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess
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“What we can glean from this study is that even expert developers aren’t great at predicting …#
“What we can glean from this study is that even expert developers aren’t great at predicting how long tasks will take. And despite the new coding tools being incredibly useful, people are certainly far too optimistic about the dramatic gains in productivity they will bring.”
https://www.argmin.net/p/are-developers-finally-out-of-a-job
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“Most leaders and teams are persuaded and sometimes misled by the words and phrases used to des…#
“Most leaders and teams are persuaded and sometimes misled by the words and phrases used to describe outcomes, and fail to take the time to question why success is guaranteed.”
Success is rarely guaranteed. https://www.subbu.org/articles/2025/hard-things-first/
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“Time pressure: Many workers reported that their job performance is measured by output volume o…#
“Time pressure: Many workers reported that their job performance is measured by output volume or speed, which limits the time available to reflect critically on AI-generated results. For example, sales professionals cited daily quotas that discourage deep engagement.”