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There are a lot of approaches to organization design, but none are reliable and construct-valid. It ignores how personhood and work are intertwined. In addition, the organization isn't a self-aware social singularity, so employees are differentiated as futuristic cogs who 'energize' themselves autonomously. A strategy that can only focus on one... See more
Nathan Snyder • The Problem with Organization Design
most people's definition of "trying" is contingent on not taking on any reputational risk, not investing more than two weeks of time, not investing more than 2 months of their salary, and giving up after the second obstacle
the world is free for those who want it
astridwilde1x.comI saw someone saying that they thought scrolling was affecting their memory formation, because it teaches the brain to immediately discard what it just saw to situate itself in a new context, over and over again. Something to this I think
Lauren Wilfordx.comAttention spans and deficits
Cognitive Revolutions and Agency
A good passage in continuation of the note on collective imaginations.
Responsibility that should be borne by an individual is dissolved amongst a group, who rely on the process of deliberation, passing on the responsibility to the organization.
Excerpt: “Committees are commonly used in our society because they create the illusion of avoiding risk. They are a wonderful device for avoiding responsibility while making the institution seem more rather than less accountable. Modern institutions have overloaded on actual risk while fleeing the appearance of it, especially if you count “failing at core mission” as a risk. Such aversion to the appearance of the unusual can’t be justified on economic grounds. Rather, it is a socially driven aversion.“
...we’ve been trained to think of organizations as homogenous and mechanistic, with a clear set of rules, a command-and-control structure, and the ability to leverage hierarchy to get things done quickly by issuing top-down directives to reallocate resources to meet objectives.
Aric Wood • The Organization as a Machine: An Outdated Concept - XPLANE | Organizational Change Management Consulting
“Take a simple idea and take it seriously.”
—Charlie Munger
Doing a few sets of pushups each day is a simple idea.
Saving at least 10% of your income is a simple idea.
Sending Thank You notes is a simple idea.
...but most people don't take simple ideas seriously.
—Charlie Munger
Doing a few sets of pushups each day is a simple idea.
Saving at least 10% of your income is a simple idea.
Sending Thank You notes is a simple idea.
...but most people don't take simple ideas seriously.
James Clear • Highlights From jamesclear.com
Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
Patrick McKenziekalzumeus.com
China's self-developed 12,000-meter automated drilling rig, the first of its kind the world, facilitated the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, which is also the second deepest in the world. #TechChina https://t.co/ZYp5UwMLl5
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Montessori’s influence on the world is in some ways quite small and specific, and in other ways so utterly victorious that it is invisible by virtue of being taken for granted. https://t.co/GkgRFyx3bE