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Comment on The Metaclueless Developers: Inheriting Teams Unaware of Their Own Shortcomings by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:25:51 +0000

Thanks Jeff. Fixed. And good to learn folks are reading. :) Would you be willing to share what you thought of this post?

Comment on The Metaclueless Developers: Inheriting Teams Unaware of Their Own Shortcomings by Jeff Grigg

Jeff Grigg — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:16:34 +0000

Apparent typo in "Rather than a receptive discussion whenI invited …"
Drop the trailing "I" from "whenI"?

Comment on The Software Crisis: A 50+ Year Conundrum Waiting for a Paradigm Shift by tyrionlannister26

tyrionlannister26 — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:52:43 +0000

Appreciating the insightful discussion on the software crisis and the call for change

Comment on The Spread of Collaborative Knowledge Work by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:40:25 +0000

Thanks, Thomas. :)

Comment on The Spread of Collaborative Knowledge Work by Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:16:17 +0000

Your dedication to accuracy and clarity in science literature is truly admirable.

Comment on Improving Human-to-Human Communication Through AI and Chatbots by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:01:31 +0000

Fair point. Thanks for flaggin this - something to watch our for.

Comment on Improving Human-to-Human Communication Through AI and Chatbots by Susie Arnett

Susie Arnett — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:53:30 +0000

Consider if you are using AI to create meeting notes that the text of your entire meeting could be entered into the AI's database. It won't be attributed to your company but the content could come up in other peoples searches that are related to your meeting's topics.

Comment on The Great British Worker Shortage: Flogging a Dead Horse by Jeff Grigg

Jeff Grigg — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:40:48 +0000

Instead of focusing entirely on motivations and feelings, how about recognizing that a number of workers do recognize that breathing shared air in poorly ventilated office spaces is a direct threat to their health and life, and that of their loved ones? Like, how much of "a matter of opinion a personal private beliefs" is it when there's a wide-spread obvious worker shortage, primarily due to workers becoming disabled and/or dying?

And "There's nothing we can do about it. We're complying with all the [mostly non-existent] government mandates." is hardly anything more than a feeble excuse. Along with "We have hand cleaner! We clean surfaces several times a day! Wash your hands!" when the danger is mostly from *airborne* viruses.

How about improved ventilation and air circulation? How about UV-light to directly clean the air? And how about embracing effective tools and processes for remote work? "Compromising" on "X days out of 5 in the office" is a complete failure to even recognize any of the real issues, let alone address any of them.

Comment on A Primer on Domination Systems and the Myth of Redemptive Violence by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:31:18 +0000

In reply to Adelbert Groebbens.

This = Domination systems and the Myth of Redemptive Violence.

Comment on A Primer on Domination Systems and the Myth of Redemptive Violence by Adelbert Groebbens

Adelbert Groebbens — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:54:58 +0000

"Do you see how *this* makes the world a violent place, and so also for organisations?"

What is *this* referring to here?

Comment on Found Money or Found Ideas: Which Gets More Takers? by allygill

allygill — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:05:30 +0000

The best thing since I retired from corporate work and focused on my volunteer role as a charity chair where I’m also effectively the CEO is that I can finally start using all the different ideas I’ve picked up over the last 40 years.

Most of our volunteers are retired ladies who have had no exposure to these ideas so are prepared to have open minds. So far, my success rate is 100%. Every different way of thinking has been warmly embraced, and I hope in part because I explain them in simple non technical terms and focus expressly on our specific context. I suspect it is more because they are smart people who want us to succeed and if they see something different that might help that, they are prepared to give it a chance.

Needs are being met through observation, discussion, and application of common sense. Goodness me, it is so refreshing (and still a bit scary!)

Comment on Management Violence: The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:20:05 +0000

In reply to The System might have got you but it won't catch me.IME management factories are, in turn, a product of The Domination System and its bedfellow, the Myth Of Redemptive Violence (Cf. Walter Wink).

Comment on Management Violence: The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by The System might have got you but it won't catch me

The System might have got you but it won't catch me — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:24:06 +0000

“Behind every angry, desperate ahole of a boss, there lies a fundamental incompetence awaiting exposure.”

This feels so true. Manager violence is an expression of frustration, incompetence, fear and inadequacy. At times normalised, at others celebrated and worse sometimes forgiven as ‘part of the job’ or down to ‘pressure’.

Well what is the system that creates that pressure? The management factory!

Comment on Russell L. Ackoff: Pioneer of Systems Thinking and Optimist in Human Potential by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:06:54 +0000

Comment on Russell L. Ackoff: Pioneer of Systems Thinking and Optimist in Human Potential by flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:54:08 +0000

In reply to Fix The System Problem, Not The People Problem – Paul Taylor.Hi Paul, ta for the mentions. :)

Comment on Russell L. Ackoff: Pioneer of Systems Thinking and Optimist in Human Potential by Fix The System Problem, Not The People Problem – Paul Taylor

Fix The System Problem, Not The People Problem – Paul Taylor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:37:05 +0000

[…] thinking on this has been hugely influenced by Russell L. Ackoff, who always looked to blame systemic issues, not people, for […]

Comment on Beware Eumemics by collin237

collin237 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:52:59 +0000

There is no plausible mechanism for anyone to broadcast thoughts. But if you can convince people that such a mechanism exists, you can get them to distrust their own intuition.

Eumemics is just such a fantasy. The real manipulation is making people believe that it’s real.

Comment on Lessons from History: Ignaz Semmelweis, Unwashed Hands and Ignored Evidence by Friendly neighborhood

Friendly neighborhood — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:04:41 +0000

Nice job sir I have also written a blog on him as well u all can read it as well

https://friendlyneighborhoods4.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/the-tragic-triumph-of-dr-ignaz-semmelweis/

Comment on The Philosophy of “Fail Early, Fail Often” by a trained administration would never have taken the first step down this path | Barbara Geiger

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 04:06:21 +0000

[…] the blog post on Think Differently states, failing early often works because learning happens with a change of behaviour. Doing the […]

Comment on Coaching the Coaches? by Dickson77

Dickson77 — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 04:06:24 +0000

Playing sports for great coaches and now a tennis coach myself. My coaching style is 95% student,
structure training for coaches. Creativity and experience is better hands down