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The “right” info is the challenge. A company with >500 engineers will also have at keast that many sales, marketing, bizdev, legal, facilities, HR all put toget
by quantified 7y ago
The “right” info is the challenge. A company with >500 engineers will also have at keast that many sales, marketing, bizdev, legal, facilities, HR all put together. At least 1,500 people. And esch executive needs to handle communications laterally and from above. So “right” info is challenging to define from all the possible info. Good lower management will be able to prioritize necessary and useful information. Bad lower management will too, just with different ends in mind.
I don’t think I’ve seen good examples, except in stating that there’s a culture of transparency and inclusion and then not shooting the messenger that points out things that need improvement. Just describing that it’s not easy and likely not possible to get all of the right info, only some of it.
- yvp 7y agoI think what you say makes sense. I do think good lower management helps, though I do wonder if there are certain processes or practices that a company can adopt to maximize the chances of 'right' information making its way to the relevant parties. These days, it seems that people's terms of choice are OKRs, though I think these are useful if clearly defined and updated regularly. However, if they aren't defined well, they have the potential of getting people to focus on the wrong thing.