Bit of a light-hearted one, but I think there’s some wisdom here from our friend Dr Philosoraptor (source unknown…).
Also, we absolutely should invest more energy into better organisational design (not just plant but our sociotechnical systems, structures, tasks. information channels and the like).
However, to paraphrase Wears & Hettinger, it’s also people (the most adaptable elements of any system) that typically finish the design and allow dysfunctional systems to operate in spite of issues.
People make dysfunctional systems work but in achieving local optimisations, can mask these issues from appropriate intervention.
Link to the LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_bit-of-a-light-hearted-one-but-i-think-theres-activity-7022333463756242946-4dpy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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