Individuals matter
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Individuals matter
at an institution, you can’t just do what is best, you also have to build trust and coordinate with others so you are on the same page. This, however, doesn’t mean that you should abdicate your judgment and get in line.
I like the approach Sholto Douglas expressed in his interview with Dwarkesh Patel:
I like the approach Sholto Douglas expressed in his interview with Dwarkesh Patel:
If I’m trying to write some code and something is... See more
Henrik Karlsson • 6 lessons I learned working at an art gallery
Consider a 2 x 2 matrix. On one axis you have good, high trust people and then you have low trust people. On the other axis you have low alignment structure with poorly set rules, and then a high alignment structure where the rules are well set.
Good, high trust people with low alignment structure is basically anarchy. The closest to this that succe... See more
Good, high trust people with low alignment structure is basically anarchy. The closest to this that succe... See more
Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 6 Notes Essay
Its focus on team work increased productivity and effectiveness brilliantly. But we were overlooking a vital element—the individual team member.
Tonianne DeMaria Barry • Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life
idiosyncratic approaches and differences in experience. If enough peculiar people get together, something new is going to happen. Author Scott Page has shown that as systems get more complex, diversity creates ever more benefits.
Seth Godin • The Practice
It might seem like the complexity of predicting geopolitical and economic events would necessitate a group of narrow specialists, each bringing to the team extreme depth in one area. But it was actually the opposite. As with comic book creators and inventors patenting new technologies, in the face of uncertainty, individual breadth was critical. Th
... See moreDavid Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
the role of creatively solving difficult problems is more dependent on an irreplaceable individual.