This is one of the most impactful things I read when I first saw it at Google: “How orgs are like slime moulds” by the platform thinker that is @komoramahttps://komoroske.com/slime-mold/
hmm pretty nice summary of coordination problems. lower on slime mold content than i wished.
these slides are the essence of "strategy" offered. roughly, gradient descent
Something about this slide deck summons fury in me.
It's an uncanny vallyish feeling driving me to bite its head off and kill it before it spreads.
I agree with the points too.
Or I think
3 slides in.. my cortisol spiked and the voices hissed "KILLITNOW!"
scanned to the end
Perspective of 35yrs in orgs: He's got it! Just one add: orgs try the independently spec-able and testable route to side-step the phenomena resulting in "organization follows architecture ". The effort buys some time but the path is the same.