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Plug for David Marquet's book "Turn the Ship Around" about his time improving training / operations on a submarine he commanded. Every one had to announce their
by nowarninglabel 9y ago
Plug for David Marquet's book "Turn the Ship Around" about his time improving training / operations on a submarine he commanded. Every one had to announce their intention to do an action before actually doing it, this gave others the chance to identify when someone was going to take an incorrect action before it happened.
It's a really great, short read that I'd highly recommend and gives some more background into the operational issues with the Navy.
- robotresearcher 9y agoThat approach works even if you are doing an action alone. Stating clearly: "I am pushing my commits to production", or even trivial stuff like "I am feeding the cats". You (a) get a chance to realize if that's a stupid thing to do,(b) get to notice if your action doesn't match your stated intent, and (c) have a better chance of remembering that you did it. It really helps me, particularly when there's a lot going on to distract you. See also the Japanese train guards and drivers, who point at stuff they are attending to, even when no one is looking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling
- huhweirdyhat 9y agoSeems almost like explicit mindfulness training.
- dboreham 9y agoI am going to type "cd /; rm -rf *<cr>"
- thechao 9y agoAnd having said it aloud, we can fix the mistake: cd /; sudo rm -rf *<cr>
- flatfilefan 9y agohaven't got root?
- sorenjan 9y agoReminds me of rubber duck debugging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
- eric_h 9y agoWhere I work, we'll ask each other to be our "talking duck". Usually just talking through the problem, with no response from the person playing the "duck", is enough to figure out what's wrong.
- bwooceli 9y agoI'm doing this in my pilot training as well. Makes a difference, sure learn faster/better.
- wpietri 9y agoTotally seconded. One of the principles he had that I really like is, "Don't move information to authority. Move authority to information."
- tcopeland 9y agoSeconded; this was a good one. It was on the 2014 U.S. Navy reading list.
- chiph 9y agoI wonder if he got the idea from Japan Railways, which use a technique called "Pointing and Calling" to ensure every action is intentional. http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-ja...