Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'

Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by arkades on Thursday November 15, 2018 @09:50AM (#18459613)

I think there’s a delta between “good at X” and “reasonably familiar with and knowledgeable about X.” If you know nothing about X, you can’t speak the same language as the people you’re managing, nor understand the issues they’re tackling, reasonable priorities, reasonable obstacles, etc.

You don’t have to be an excellent pulmonologist to manage pulmonologists, but if you have no experience in healthcare, you’re going to make terrible decisions. You won’t know what’s realistic and what isn’t.

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Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by ccozan on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:48AM (#18460158)

But a Scrum master can do scrums without knowing anything detailed about the project.

I was for a project ( some backend server stuff ) in a company. The scrum master was a former gardner who did a scrum course. He was good, could solve a lot of issues and keep us on track. But he had no idea of the technologies and IT in general.

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Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by asaph on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:10PM (#18461077)

> But he had no idea of the technologies and IT in general.

Leaders must have the respect of the team in order to be effective. With no knowledge or experience, earning this respect from the team is a tall order.

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