Re:Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to...
by riantogo on Thursday December 27, 2018 @10:40PM
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#4 starts happening almost magically when you reach a level of “maturity” where you are okay to cede control. You can visualize it as a Venn diagram where you have your bubble of what you think is the perfect system/product. Now every other person will have their own bubble and it will never overlap perfectly. #4 involves getting the best execution in the overlapping space and some bits of all the non-overlapping spaces. Suddenly you have an inclusive and almost always, better product which is more than your initial bubble. Everyone is vested in it. Everyone is fulfilled and magnified.
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Re:Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to...
by vbuwivbiu on Friday December 28, 2018 @06:09AM
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Ceding control is fine if you like the way your collaborator does things, but what if you can't trust them ? What if they have consistently done things the wrong way ?
Re:Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to...
by taeric on Friday December 28, 2018 @08:32AM
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I'd say two is more key. Most people seem to hold on to control as a way to avoid failure. Let people fail. Just make sure you have a safety net to keep things moving.
Having kids helps underscore this. Let your kids fall. Just don't take them to the Grand canyon right away.
Re:Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to...
by vbuwivbiu on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:52AM
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what if your team can't afford those failures and you're responsible ?
Re:Steve Jobs hired a career juggler to teach programming to...
by taeric on Friday December 28, 2018 @10:36AM
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Then you are on a death march, most likely. Failure happens. Any plan that requires avoiding failure is merely doomed.