Institutions that define context (Gov't, UN, Fed) are better stable & predictable Ones competing in dynamic markets are better off "alive"https://twitter.com/vgr/status/811842282076848128 …
-
-
Replying to @davidmanheim
.
@davidmanheim You're conflating UX of an insti with inner behavior. To keep UX stable, backend *must* be unpredictable (exception handling)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @vgr
Perhaps in some cases - but I'd arge that *at least* Wilson's "Production Org" can be MORE effective after what you're calling death.
5 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @davidmanheim
A bureaucracy by *definition* is a pure means-ends org in a principal-agent relationship to volitional external authorities
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @vgr
If by "bureaucracy" you mean the pejorative sense, yes. But medium-term, stable metrics are useful to allow optimization.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Not pejorative, I mean descriptive, as in government bodies bound by principle of separation of executive and legislature
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.