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It is somehow ironic that not so long ago we could send ships on a 4 month trip around the word, could manage the construction of amazing buildings or sent armi

It is somehow ironic that not so long ago we could send ships on a 4 month trip around the word, could manage the construction of amazing buildings or sent armies to fight wars on the end of the word without being able to communicate with the people doing their job/duty. Nowdays we can barely let change the font size of a button on a webpage without having a stand up meeting or a conference call.

StavrosK 10y ago
I'm pretty sure that, if Queen Izabella could have daily standups with Chris Columbus, she would.
- gotrecruit 10y ago
  lol thank you! what a ridiculous notion that just because people in the past COULD NOT communicate efficiently, that it was a preferred or better way to do things. any good manager/boss/supervisor/leader/etc will want to be updated regularly, or at least maintain access to information.
  - mhurron 10y ago
    > any good manager/boss/supervisor/leader/etc will want to be updated regularly Of course they want to, that's how they justify their existence. The question is do they need to have that constant ability to look over your shoulder for work to be done.
- bad_user 10y ago
  That's not the point. The question is if Columbus would have done his job better if he had the ability to do daily stand-ups with the Queen? I don't think so, because the Queen probably didn't have the skills of an explorer. Great leaders have always delegated ;-)
  - dcole2929 10y ago
    In all fairness Columbus was pretty terrible at his job. The only reason he was even working for the queen in the first place is because pretty much no one else would hire him because of his track record of being terrible at his job. He tried sailing to India the long way around, almost ran out of supplies and got lucky that the Americas happened to exist.
    - JoeAltmaier 10y ago
      Its possible he had a Chinese map showing that the Americas did exist. Which he could barely read, and concluded that India was over there. He got the distance right; just not the place. So he had enough supplies for the journey he made, that part was actually planned. No luck involved.
ethanbond 10y ago
Not really. A lot of people died doing things that way. A lot.
- HemanHeartYou 10y ago
  Wow, Ethan! Great moves, keep it up, proud of you!

StavrosK 10y ago

I'm pretty sure that, if Queen Izabella could have daily standups with Chris Columbus, she would.

gotrecruit 10y ago
lol thank you! what a ridiculous notion that just because people in the past COULD NOT communicate efficiently, that it was a preferred or better way to do things. any good manager/boss/supervisor/leader/etc will want to be updated regularly, or at least maintain access to information.
- mhurron 10y ago
  > any good manager/boss/supervisor/leader/etc will want to be updated regularly Of course they want to, that's how they justify their existence. The question is do they need to have that constant ability to look over your shoulder for work to be done.
bad_user 10y ago
That's not the point. The question is if Columbus would have done his job better if he had the ability to do daily stand-ups with the Queen? I don't think so, because the Queen probably didn't have the skills of an explorer. Great leaders have always delegated ;-)
- dcole2929 10y ago
  In all fairness Columbus was pretty terrible at his job. The only reason he was even working for the queen in the first place is because pretty much no one else would hire him because of his track record of being terrible at his job. He tried sailing to India the long way around, almost ran out of supplies and got lucky that the Americas happened to exist.
  - JoeAltmaier 10y ago
    Its possible he had a Chinese map showing that the Americas did exist. Which he could barely read, and concluded that India was over there. He got the distance right; just not the place. So he had enough supplies for the journey he made, that part was actually planned. No luck involved.

ethanbond 10y ago

Not really. A lot of people died doing things that way. A lot.

HemanHeartYou 10y ago
Wow, Ethan! Great moves, keep it up, proud of you!