For reference (as per Wikipedia):
Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication structure.
— Melvin E. Conway
Imagine interpreting that as advice on how you should try to design things, lol.
Tbf, I think most of the post is just typical LinkedIn fluff, but I didn’t want to take the poor fellow out of context.
Managers typically have local incentives that lead away from doing good things with their control of organizational architecture.
Oh-- Yeah that IS a good point. I’m not an anti-manager person, but I do think that many managers are incentivized to perturb their orgs superstitiously, with almost obligate overconfidence.
I feel like you’re probably making a good point but I can’t quite tell what it is.
Mostly because I still haven’t parsed "many managers are incentivized to perturb their orgs superstitiously, with almost obligate overconfidence’.
In particular - superstitiously…?