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Repeating the Mistake of Abstracting Social Connections in System Design

Repeating the Mistake of Abstracting Social Connections in System Design

by Lee Bryant | Jul 1, 2022 | Digital Transformation, Enablement, Future of Work, Organisational structures, Technology | 0 comments

A few thoughts and links on scale, connection and mutualism in the design of social systems and organisations Scale, connection & mutualism in system design One of the repeated tragedies of ideologies and political systems is the pursuit of scale and control at...
Scaling Trust Versus Trusting Code

Scaling Trust Versus Trusting Code

by Lee Bryant | Jan 17, 2022 | Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership | 0 comments

Lee Bryant reflects on divergent visions for the future of the digital organisation. Towards digital organisations in 2022 🎉 2022 looks set to be a year of divergent visions of what a digital organisation means and how it is organised. Most things that matter in life...
People and Machines United in Bloviation

People and Machines United in Bloviation

by Lee Bryant | Sep 17, 2020 | Digital Transformation, Technology | 0 comments

In this edition, Lee looks at different views of GPT-3, and how the acceleration of white collar automation will change both the fitness function for managers and how we value their contributions. General AI: Genius or Bloviator? The new version of OpenAI’s Generative...
Human-Centric Automation

Human-Centric Automation

by Sam Thomas | Jun 21, 2018 | Innovation, Integration, Technology | 0 comments

This week’s curator, Sam Thomas, shares some links about the growing need for automation and robotics to be designed in a way that complements, rather than just replaces our human skills. As the capabilities and acceptance of artificial intelligence grow, we are...
Avoiding the pitfalls of Robotic Process Automation

Avoiding the pitfalls of Robotic Process Automation

by Cerys Hearsey | Aug 24, 2017 | Digital Transformation, Technology, Thoughts | 0 comments

Organisations are poised for a revolution in the back office – emerging technologies like Robotic Process Automation (RPA) open up the potential for exponential gains. RPA is set to see processes carried out faster, with fewer errors, 24/7 – after all...

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Our latest Link*Log by @drgabywolferink is out, with links from:

@Calnewport_ @Preppforsuccess @alainademop @Staffbase @oakandreeds @HarvardBiz @TimHarford @FinancialTimes @TechCoHQ

https://postshift.substack.com/p/is-email-to-blame-for-what-is-wrong

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It is Tuesday, and time for our first #LinkLog of 2023. @leebryant talks about how, amid the #AI hype and fear-mongering, there is value today in creating augmentative little helpers in the workplace, rather than trying to simply replace people!

https://postshift.com/little-helper-not-big-brother/

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Avatar Kaz Nejatian @canadakaz ·
3 Jan

Meetings are a bug. Today, we shipped a fix to this bug at @Shopify.

To start 2023, we're cancelling all Shopify meetings with more than two people. Let's give people back their maker time. Companies are for builders. Not managers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2023/01/03/shopify-is-canceling-all-meetings-with-more-than-two-people-from-workers-calendars-and-urging-few-to-be-added-back

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Avatar Josh Lu @joshlu ·
4 Jan

A big reason @zynga produced so many strong games founders & execs is bc game teams were trained to act like startups

1. New teams had to raise money VC style
2. Monthly board meetings for accountability
3. Outsized rewards for success

Here's what each tactic taught our teams👇

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20 Dec

From Tochka-Us to the Twitterdammerung, 2022 was an unpredictable one. For our last linklog of the year, @leebryant offers 4 techniques for navigating macro volatility & uncertainty: https://bit.ly/3jiRFKf - h/t @Noahpinion @FT @D_R_Goodwin @nmoryl @snowded @clayparkerjones @vgr

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