[HN Gopher] Coordination Headwind: How organizations are like sl...
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       Coordination Headwind: How organizations are like slime molds
        
       Author : fixel
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2022-06-13 15:43 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | denimnerd42 wrote:
       | Unfortunately almost nothing my org does is "self service" we
       | rely on shared service orgs to provide hosting, sysadmin,
       | production support, software procure, hardware procure,
       | platforms, security, etc.. This makes it almost impossible to get
       | anything done since the shared manager is so many steps away and
       | priority of each task for the shared service org is so low.
        
       | taylorbuley wrote:
       | From today's Coinbase announcement:
       | 
       | > We have seen ourselves slow down considerably due to
       | coordination headwinds, and difficulty fully integrating new team
       | members.
       | 
       | https://blog.coinbase.com/a-message-from-coinbase-ceo-and-co...
        
       | stressedguy420 wrote:
       | Am I missing something?? This deck is 170 slides to say
       | management 101 - coordination gets harder as you get bigger.
       | 
       | There is no mention of the value that an effective manager can
       | provide. High Output Management by Andy Grove is a much better
       | guide to fighting complexity and inertia.
        
       | bigmanwalter wrote:
       | This slide deck is somewhat popular as an internal resource that
       | gets shared around within Google. Does anyone know if it's by the
       | same author? He has 13 years of Google experience on his Linkedin
       | so there is probably some sort of connection here.
        
         | advisedwang wrote:
         | Yes, this is the website of the author of the Google-internal
         | resource.
        
       | golemotron wrote:
       | Great presentation, but it neglects one fix: go join a smaller,
       | newer organization. All of these issues are a function of scale
       | and time.
        
       | jaybrendansmith wrote:
       | This is a great, insightful presentation. I would add one more
       | thing you can do about it. Namely, organizations work fast and
       | best when they are small. To the extent you can, make sure it's
       | really clear what each team does, and provide the leader of each
       | team as much responsibility and 'skin in the game' as possible.
       | Make your company many smaller companies, maybe even have some in
       | competition with one another. That way each smaller organization
       | operates as independently as possible. Try to break out cross-
       | functional departments that serve all companies with their own
       | incentives. This will preserve a startup mentality and culture.
        
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