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You need to fix people as "systems" are just people. The neglect has the opposite effect.
by loopz 6y ago
You need to fix people as "systems" are just people. The neglect has the opposite effect.
- wegs 6y agoNo. Systems are not just people. I know many organizations which have really good people, but completely toxic cultures due to systems. Systems are things like checks-and-balances, incentive structures, power structures, organizational design, and conflict resolution structures. The US didn't work better than Soviet Russia because it had better people, much as Americans would like to believe themselves superior. It worked better because it had better institutions, starting with a very well-drafted Constitution. Given a 2020 context, those structures are starting to function less well. You won't fix them by asking politicians to behave better; you need to address the structural issues.
- loopz 6y agoPeople make systems. Look to the people at the top to understand the foundation of culture and people-systems. People made principles as foundations for better systems.
- wegs 6y agoPeople at the top are beholden to other people at the top. It's a cycle. If a CEO does not appease shareholders, board members, and executives, there will be a new CEO. That's structures. And people at the top rarely understand implications of their actions. Organizational systems are HARD.
- loopz 6y agoWhich his how demons can capture false expectations of humanity.