Do you like applying mathematical concepts to your work as much as I do? Here’s one idea: make teams more successful by using modern portfolio theory to manage variance across a portfolio of people & systems. Thx to @mlmanapat for the inspiration :)https://medium.com/@emdashry/modern-portfolio-theory-for-management-variance-maximization-in-engineering-7dde7269e8a4 …
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Luckily there are often a small number of ICs who ignore the usual incentives and take big risks even though it's probably irrational for them to do so, and you can (and should!) make sure to have some on your team. But it feels like a structural problem that this is necessary.
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Interestingly, ICs might be able to take the *biggest* risks, by having more autonomy & fewer stakeholders. This suggests that ICs leading the charge + managers working to enable them = recipe to truly maximize results. I.e. +1 to encouraging well-supported risk-taking ICs :)
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