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If I’m reading this correctly, you’re saying that there needs to be someone on a higher level to ensure that the correct work gets done. How do you balance the

If I’m reading this correctly, you’re saying that there needs to be someone on a higher level to ensure that the correct work gets done. How do you balance the additional work needed to provide the necessary transparency to this decision-maker? Providing this additional reporting often becomes an unreasonably (I think) large part of the job, creates friction, and unexpected changes of direction interrupt flow. As a manager with experience and sensibility for both the importance of doing the right thing and productivity, satisfaction and flow - what are some ways you lower the cost of managing?

IMTDb 4y ago
One way to lower the cost of managing is to promote transparency within the organisation: allow and encourage manager to read the PR and the discussion around them, this will give them some sense of the progress of the projects. Provide KPI/OKR about the state of the company on a very regular basis, allow and encourage IC to take a look at them. Announce good and bad news on dedicated channels, allow and encourage employees to read them. Because information is freely accessible, there is less need for dedicated "reporting" processes every time a manager is added into the system.
- presentation 4y ago
  Agreed for small companies in certain business contexts, but just “reading through the PRs” doesn’t scale or may not be that valuable to decision makers at different levels of the hierarchy, and not all ICs want to be involved in the decision making. I don’t think there’s a one size fits all option besides having smart people who know what they’re talking about and not going too heavy on process and hierarchy too fast.
Haga 4y ago
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zingar 4y ago
Spectacular question, thank you. I’ve had this concept rattling around in my head but not had the words. Cost of managing is really succinct.

IMTDb 4y ago

One way to lower the cost of managing is to promote transparency within the organisation: allow and encourage manager to read the PR and the discussion around them, this will give them some sense of the progress of the projects. Provide KPI/OKR about the state of the company on a very regular basis, allow and encourage IC to take a look at them. Announce good and bad news on dedicated channels, allow and encourage employees to read them. Because information is freely accessible, there is less need for dedicated "reporting" processes every time a manager is added into the system.

presentation 4y ago
Agreed for small companies in certain business contexts, but just “reading through the PRs” doesn’t scale or may not be that valuable to decision makers at different levels of the hierarchy, and not all ICs want to be involved in the decision making. I don’t think there’s a one size fits all option besides having smart people who know what they’re talking about and not going too heavy on process and hierarchy too fast.

Haga 4y ago

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zingar 4y ago

Spectacular question, thank you. I’ve had this concept rattling around in my head but not had the words. Cost of managing is really succinct.