tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post3174317513752285532..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: why bosses are bad for youHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-34073722979235371392009-04-26T02:21:00.000+00:002009-04-26T02:21:00.000+00:00Actually, in a letter to James Madison, Thomas Jef...Actually, in a letter to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson recommended having a revolution every twenty years. Pretty astonishing admission, considering what they'd just been through, eh?Glen S. McGhee, Dir., FHEAPhttp://home.earthlink.net/~fheapblog/id20.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-39699890610667540282008-03-24T23:46:00.000+00:002008-03-24T23:46:00.000+00:00Helen, thank you thank you thank you for bringing ...Helen, thank you thank you thank you for bringing forth this excellent article!<BR/><BR/>There are many many MANY problems with the way technology corporations are designed to work, but this article clearly lays out the way to start thinking about it. Brilliant, and great find.<BR/><BR/>- HassanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-38054049300952771592008-03-22T22:53:00.000+00:002008-03-22T22:53:00.000+00:00It's gotten so bad that I consider any argument fr...It's gotten so bad that I consider any argument from "what was natural for our ancestors" to be suspect from the get-go. Graham's is no different.<BR/><BR/>One interesting detail that he glosses over:<BR/><BR/><I>And when you're part of an organization whose structure gives each person freedom in inverse proportion to the size of the tree, you're going to face resistance when you do something new.</I><BR/><BR/>But the correct measure, even if one accepts the premise, isn't the <I>size</I> of the tree - it's the <I>depth</I> of the tree, that is, the length of the chain of command from you to the CEO. The whole tree could be huge, but flat, allowing for quite a bit of freedom (somehow the phrase doesn't sound <I>too</I> alluring, I realize). Things are very different when there are 9 managers from a lowly programmer to the CEO, than when there are 3 - even though the company could, by all external measures, be a huge corporation in either case. The difference can be <I>huge</I>, as I've experienced.Anatoly Vorobeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075147858952180578noreply@blogger.com