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No physics werw involved in this article. But I guess it makes it appear more "sciency"
Wrong. Energy, velocity, and flow characteristics are central to this analysis. The term Social Physics differentiates this context from Physics.
A few additional elements from my experience:
- Trust within the team meaning the required competence and delivering on time.
- Team size.
- Team empowerment, imo the most important one. If the team doesn’t feel empowered for whatever reason, this will bring most of the things listed in the article to a halt.
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No physics werw involved in this article. But I guess it makes it appear more "sciency"
Wrong. Energy, velocity, and flow characteristics are central to this analysis. The term Social Physics differentiates this context from Physics.
There is no such thing as "social physics"
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> But no matter how much I think about it, I don't believe productivity is a solid, tangible thing, the way people talk about it as if it were It's rooted in Taylorism / Management Science which is good at attaching metrics to the "factors of production" and correlating those to outputs. But it doesn't have any easy numbers to attach to morale, motivation, loyalty or conscientiousness. These are all human factors tha…
Thanks for the good keyword. I'd never heard of Taylorism before. I looked it up and it seems to be an approach that breaks everything down into measurable metrics. I didn't know the term, but I think I was somewhat familiar with the concept. Thanks for teaching me something I didn't know. I think we've all had a lot of experiences like this. When people try to explain that 'good atmosphere' and 'friendly communities…
Not saying they don't have a place, just that we over lean on artificially controlling and "steering" or manipulating our way with others and that IMO is what limits the creativity we are claiming to be after.
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No physics werw involved in this article. But I guess it makes it appear more "sciency"
Wrong. Energy, velocity, and flow characteristics are central to this analysis. The term Social Physics differentiates this context from Physics.
The weak ties were strong all along.
Jokes aside I do agree with you! The little things actually build up to the big things. Trying to insist on the big things via big-things-methods, that somehow forego the little things that comprise it all, will ironically have you miss the actual big thing. (Which might not be what you're pointing at... but I am!)
What are the implications or recommendations for WFH environments, I wonder?
Some teams tried to set up optional social hours but they feel forced. The two managers always show up and it becomes really sweaty.
Maybe set up personal office hours once a week? It would be nice if some new pattern emerged that providers like Slack or Google could build into their remote work products.
Something that replicates the vibe of sitting in an area where you can overhear coworkers. Like an always-on proximity chat, but with a way to mask your sweatpants/picking your nose/getting up to flip laundry.
The weak ties were strong all along.
The real treasure was the weak ties we made along the way. Jokes aside I do agree with you! The little things actually build up to the big things. Trying to insist on the big things via big-things-methods, that somehow forego the little things that comprise it all, will ironically have you miss the actual big thing. (Which might not be what you're pointing at... but I am!)