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> We’re an inverted organization. That means that tactical decisions are made by the people who are doing the work, not managers I've worked at various places

> We’re an inverted organization. That means that tactical decisions are made by the people who are doing the work, not managers I've worked at various places where this was supposedly the system. Guess who had budgets, hiring powers, went to leadership offsites? Yeah not the ICs. It usually just means the C level will smile and nod while "listening" to your feedback instead of ignoring you completely Has anyone worked at a true inverted company where centuries of classical power structures are thrown out the window? I feel it can never be properly implemented unless in eg a cooperative

Rygian 2y ago
The "Valve Handbook for New Employees" was an interesting read. I still don't know how much is fact and how much is fiction, but I liked some of the ideas there.
- Maxious 2y ago
  >"We sort of had to collectively admit we were wrong on the premise that you will be happiest if you work on something you personally want to work on the most," Valve developer Robin Walker tells Keighley, soundly rejecting the ethos that Valve has publicly carried as a torch for some time. The studio used a new Half-Life [Alyx, 2020] project as a way to focus the entire studio—even though, as we've previously reported, that project began life with more modest expectations in terms of length and content. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/valve-secrets-spill-over-including-half-life-3-in-new-steam-documentary-app/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/valve-secrets-spill-o...
pjm331 2y ago
To be fair - it says “tactical” decisions - not all decisions.
InitialLastName 2y ago
> Guess who had budgets, hiring powers, went to leadership offsites? To be clear, those are strategic decisions "what are our goals and how do we allocate resources to achieve them". Tactical decisions are "what specific actions do we take to use available resources to achieve goals".

Rygian 2y ago

The "Valve Handbook for New Employees" was an interesting read. I still don't know how much is fact and how much is fiction, but I liked some of the ideas there.

Maxious 2y ago
>"We sort of had to collectively admit we were wrong on the premise that you will be happiest if you work on something you personally want to work on the most," Valve developer Robin Walker tells Keighley, soundly rejecting the ethos that Valve has publicly carried as a torch for some time. The studio used a new Half-Life [Alyx, 2020] project as a way to focus the entire studio—even though, as we've previously reported, that project began life with more modest expectations in terms of length and content. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/valve-secrets-spill-over-including-half-life-3-in-new-steam-documentary-app/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/valve-secrets-spill-o...

pjm331 2y ago

To be fair - it says “tactical” decisions - not all decisions.

InitialLastName 2y ago

> Guess who had budgets, hiring powers, went to leadership offsites? To be clear, those are strategic decisions "what are our goals and how do we allocate resources to achieve them". Tactical decisions are "what specific actions do we take to use available resources to achieve goals".