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> Therefore, our only hope for superlinear productivity lies in changing the task which is being executed. This is the key insight for me. If you're adding peo
by dirkc 4y ago
> Therefore, our only hope for superlinear productivity lies in changing the task which is being executed.
This is the key insight for me. If you're adding people to a team but you're not putting them in a position to affect what work that is being done you will be stuck with the linear scale as the ceiling
This helps me explain an intuitive belief that I've always held for a long time, you should have a say over what you're doing. If I can't influence what work is being done and how it's being done, I don't feel like I can contribute much.
I was hoping the rest of the article would talk about how to build an organization geared towards empowering employees, but it seems to focus on strategies for dividing up work and suggesting that companies should just become more companies under one umbrella to try and reach the linear scale ceiling, blegh!