(Cross-post from my Slack #mindfulwfh channel.) I hope this week you found some peace, space, and silence.I had originally planned to post this morning about the Mars Perseverance probe – it’s a wondrous thing that our species has the science and ingenuity to fling objects millions of kilometers through space and land them safely on… Continue reading The Suffering of Others, and Other Planets.
Your org chart is a map. But to what terrain?
I’ve been fascinated with maps since I was small. I credit my parents for giving me an atlas when I was 5, and for having a floor-to-ceiling map of the world in our dining room for most of my childhood. I suspect this played a nontrivial part in my interest in geography and geology, eventually… Continue reading Your org chart is a map. But to what terrain?
Measure the relationships between individuals, even over measuring the individuals.
That humans are social animals is well established; that this social aspect of our species is not reflected in the way we design the feedback mechanisms and hierarchies of our work organizations seems evident. It’s time to rethink performance reviews and employee evaluations that focus on the individuals instead of their relationships. Paraphrasing Dave Snowden,… Continue reading Measure the relationships between individuals, even over measuring the individuals.