This presumes either a fungibility of passion, an arbitrariness of creative capacity, or both. It's easier to criticize people for being passionate about the "wrong" work than it is to energize them toward the "right" work, but they do not lead to the same outcomeshttps://twitter.com/irinimalliaraki/status/1166974150633762816 …
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Replying to @webdevMason
so much this. i'm running a self-org exp with my team at work. it's the most productive team i've ever been around in 30 years of software dev. the directive is "it's your responsibility to figure out what the best use of your time is for the purpose of the company," and 1/
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Replying to @bohanergus @webdevMason
the team is operating faster than the designers can design AND getting some "extra" (as deemed by PMs) work done. when PMs stepped in to suggest they could direct that passion to better pursuits, i simply said "do you want to risk destroying this engine?" they decided "no" 2/2
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Replying to @bohanergus @webdevMason
You should blog this for posterity. Control freaks never believe that giving people independence and agency will increase productivity. “But what will make them work?!” So you get 9am-9pm days and endless meetings to make sure people are “on task”.
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Replying to @pitofsuccess @webdevMason
That's a good idea. There are some unexpected insights, like the guy on the team who was most skeptical beforehand told me recently "I didn't realize that when I picked the work that I was going to have a sense of ownership and desire to be right that drove a passion."
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+1 vote for blogging this please
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