I have very mixed feelings about my org design piece going viral.
On the one hand, yes: I *do* think it's useful for learning the skill; I do think I am better at it than most operators I've met. But I'm not entirely sure it's the correct mental model.
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One of the consequences of thinking very hard about the nature of thinking is that I'm very aware of my own believability.
And I'm not believable enough on this skill to say for sure. I think I'll need another 10 years of practice and reflection.
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The danger with writing out a synthesised model of org design is that it might be sticky — it might prevent me from noticing when reality does not line up perfectly with my model.
Which then hinders me from hitting higher levels of competence:
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1/ Let's talk a little about how people learn in the real world.
No, I'm not going to talk about classroom instruction, or pedagogical development, or enrolling in a cohort based course. None of that.
Just a simple question: how do people ACTUALLY learn from doing?
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I suppose we'll have to wait 5-10 years to see.
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Hi Cedric, your pieces take a while to read and digest. This creates a dilemma, should I read the entire thing now or digest the whole piece throught a span of atleast a month.
You always have a single cohesive story, why not make it a 3-4 part thriller ?
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I sometimes *do* write series — but this is all I plan to write about org design for awhile. For the very reasons articulated in the thread above.
I'll have more to say in 10 years.
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