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I’ve worked for the same Fortune 500 company for 20+ years. 99% of the time I have zero idea what team does what and whom I would even talk to find out. With ne

I’ve worked for the same Fortune 500 company for 20+ years. 99% of the time I have zero idea what team does what and whom I would even talk to find out. With nearly 100,000 employees and I have no idea how many thousands of departments and teams, I don’t think anyone really has the big picture of what everyone is doing.

kiba 3y ago
It sounds like there's a job for people who knows the bird eye's view as well as the ground truth of an organization.
- wizardforhire 3y ago
  Thats crazy talk, what would such a role even be called?
  - danielheath 3y ago
    They used to be called Architects, but over time that name came to be associated with losing track of the ground truth.
    - kibibu 3y ago
      Easy mistake to make, but architects design building.
  - tracker1 3y ago
    If it were like a military thing. They'd likely be an officer, maybe even a chief of some kind.
    - irrational 3y ago
      I’m just imagining going up to somebody in the c-suite and telling them what team I work for and what I do. I guarantee they would have no idea we exist. I once sat next to the manager who is three levels above me at a lunch meeting. She had zero idea who my team was or what we did.
      - tracker1 3y ago
        I'm sure it would be very similar for many generals.
      - ykonstant 3y ago
        I think Leo de Moura was at Microsoft at the time when he was developing the Lean proof assistant. He once commented that he was fairly sure the CEO did not know the language existed or that it was being developed within MS. I found that pretty funny, and probably entirely accurate!
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  - wjnc 3y ago
    Probably not what you are looking for, but … management? In old school firms most managers have followed a career path over different departments, learning the ropes and multiple aspects of the business and often company, building a network while growing as a person and in scale/scope. They are supposed to be able to build bridges and transcend the petty politics between teams in order to get things moving.

kiba 3y ago

It sounds like there's a job for people who knows the bird eye's view as well as the ground truth of an organization.

wizardforhire 3y ago
Thats crazy talk, what would such a role even be called?
- danielheath 3y ago
  They used to be called Architects, but over time that name came to be associated with losing track of the ground truth.
  - kibibu 3y ago
    Easy mistake to make, but architects design building.
- tracker1 3y ago
  If it were like a military thing. They'd likely be an officer, maybe even a chief of some kind.
  - irrational 3y ago
    I’m just imagining going up to somebody in the c-suite and telling them what team I work for and what I do. I guarantee they would have no idea we exist. I once sat next to the manager who is three levels above me at a lunch meeting. She had zero idea who my team was or what we did.
    - tracker1 3y ago
      I'm sure it would be very similar for many generals.
    - ykonstant 3y ago
      I think Leo de Moura was at Microsoft at the time when he was developing the Lean proof assistant. He once commented that he was fairly sure the CEO did not know the language existed or that it was being developed within MS. I found that pretty funny, and probably entirely accurate!
    - deleted 3y ago
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- wjnc 3y ago
  Probably not what you are looking for, but … management? In old school firms most managers have followed a career path over different departments, learning the ropes and multiple aspects of the business and often company, building a network while growing as a person and in scale/scope. They are supposed to be able to build bridges and transcend the petty politics between teams in order to get things moving.