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I'm stuck on the first few paragraphs. It's clear that the author is heavily biased again anything-that-is-not-culture, and therefore gives really bad examples
by tomerv 5y ago
I'm stuck on the first few paragraphs. It's clear that the author is heavily biased again anything-that-is-not-culture, and therefore gives really bad examples for non-cultural solutions. It's easier to convince everyone you're right when you give the worst possible alternative solutions.
> Incentive: dock pay for people who are late
There are much better incentive-based solutions. For example:
- Managers reprimand employees who are frequently late.
- Positive incentive for physical meetings: have a nice fruit bowl with just enough fruit so there are no leftovers for anyone who's late.
> Process: make process for creating or executing on a work item so heavyweight that people stop doing simple work
Better process-based solution: every employee has a "big" item that they work on, with planning weeks/months into the future, and syncing occasionally with their manager and/or peers.
- thrashh 5y agoI still find that there isn’t a true replacement for the right culture. Culture has wide ranging effects on how someone does everything, while a process only tackles one specific issue. You can’t make up enough processes to cover all cases as that results in overbearing bureaucracy. I’ll usually interview a company for at least a hour before I consider taking their offers seriously just to identify the type of culture that they have.