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anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:08:57 +0000

2014-02-26 - towards simplicity

last year i've mentioned/quoted how keeping small, cooperating teams matter. there is a great talk on TED, by Yves Morieux, highlighting cooperation as the most important aspect of running projects. the main point of the talk is a set of 6 rules, that companies should follow, to make the best out of its resources, while making employees' jobs rewarding, at the same time. rules are:

understand what your ppl do
reinforce integrators
increase total quantity of power
extend the shadow of the future
increase reciprocity
reward those who cooperate

applying “hard” approach to each and every problem is declared as obsolete. it increases complexity instead of adding any real value. this fits well into classic the-corporate-way – “have a problem with X? make a new role 'X manager'!”. Yves mentions banks' organization as an excellent counter-example of how project should be run.

another very important point Yves' made is that in the end, bad management reflects on employees. keep that in mind when running your next project.

BaSzErr - blog:2014:02:26

towards_simplicity

2014-02-26 - towards simplicity