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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 20
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    What’s an example of a “crucial detail” from your line of work that outsiders might notice but wouldn’t consider significant unless an insider pointed out how/why it was crucial?

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 20
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        Example: most bicycle front fork designs are curved so steering column axis intersects point of wheel contact, improving stability. It’s not aesthetics. Example: Overhead power lines for electric locomotives are zigzagged to even out contact wear on the pantograph

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      2. Carlos Bueno‏ @Archivd Sep 20
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        Bugs are randomly distributed. A bug in UI code leads to bad experiences. But a bug in a data pipeline leads to *bad decisions*. The trick is to set up a completely independent measurement pipeline, fuck your pride, and use them to cross-check each other.

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      3. Troy Winfrey‏ @twinfrey Sep 20
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        The real trick is getting someone to pay for this. Those with skin in the game are usually happy to, except they're seldom the ones doing the building.

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      1. теле‏ @phunckys Sep 20
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        Search not working because there's a ' or " in the query.

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      2. Exploriter‏ @exploriter Sep 20
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        In leadership and management, context is more important than content. *How* > *What*.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 20
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        That sounds like a crucial idea (I agree with it), but not like a crucial *detail* A crucial detail in that general neighborhood might be, “who you include/exclude from a meeting matters more than the agenda”

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      2. Sachin‏ @SachinB91 Sep 20
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        Most marketing messages in big co's are 30% made by the legal team during legal review. Most corporate lawyers double as copywriters. I guess it's not unknown to others but was unknown to me

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      3.  🇨🇭 Jestyn  🇬🇧‏ @jestyn Sep 20
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        It's such a bad idea. The best lawyers tell me why there's a problem and let me re-write the copy!

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      2. rafa(él)‏ @rafathebuilder Sep 20
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        Colonialism is a critical contextual force regarding local business development. Outsiders see the 'colony', but don't understand the behavioral and emotional implications on business relationships. Specifically the lack of trust that has persisted across generations.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 20
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        This feels like a crucial point, but not a crucial detail. A crucial detail in the neighborhood might be “biz dev teams in former colonies that include a local co-lead perform better” or something.

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