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I can see someone trained in mediation, finance, accounting, philosophy, game theory, and some basic general technical skills (statistics, maths foundations, ge
by Schroedingersat 5y ago
I can see someone trained in mediation, finance, accounting, philosophy, game theory, and some basic general technical skills (statistics, maths foundations, general tool and workshop proficiency, foundations of CS/IT) being a massive boon to any organizational structure. Technical people often lack communication skills and can lose the forest for the trees.
But their voice needs to be equal with people who specialise in what is actually done on the ground.
Basically real management specialization, not 'make line go up, you in charge everyone else is a peon to be exploited' training.
- g_p 5y ago> Technical people often lack communication skills and can lose the forest for the trees. This is definitely an issue in my experience. There's some who can communicate well. In cases where you don't have one of them though, the solution seems like it would be a same-level or one-level-junior "PR" type individual, who helps them to hone and delivery a message. It seems incongruous that in this one (?) context, we look for general enabling skills further up the chain, rather than down the chain.
- Schroedingersat 5y agoDown the chain is good for communicating to the outside world. But an equal team member would imo be best for helping the team achieve their goals.