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That information is out there, but it's much easier to focus on changing or improving things that don't involve management practices and organizational behavior

That information is out there, but it's much easier to focus on changing or improving things that don't involve management practices and organizational behavior, especially focusing on people who aren't part of the business yet. There is a common flawed view that if you can focus on hiring the best people then you won't have problems with performance. It can also result in high turnover, and hinder performance when the rest of the equation isn't weighted heavily. Focusing on things other than hiring also comes with politics, because it involves admitting that something isn't perfect with the organization.

vonmoltke 11y ago
> There is a common flawed view that if you can focus on hiring the best people then you won't have problems with performance. I think, more specifically, there is a common flawed view that hiring the best engineers means you can ignore management and have them "self-organize". Related to this is the false idea that a room full of really smart people don't need dirty things like "process". Nearly every time I get someone to give me a concrete example of why a false positive is dangerous I find a management flaw that is the root cause of the damage.