Systems as Mirrors
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The article 'Systems as Mirrors' explores how systems reflect the characteristics of the people who create and interact with them, sparking discussion on the implications for organizational design and behavior.
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For those unfamiliar, I'm referring to the idea that managers can have roles and levels which are separate but equal from the levels that convey technical expertise. If the people who control the team structure don't also have the expertise to maintain an architectural vision for the product system, then the product is doomed to match the slow moving trends of office politics, instead of matching the current thinking of the technical leaders.
Also this is something that goes beyond what one person has as an architectural vision - at some point you will run into conflicts between the practical corporate reality and your vision and one will have to give way - most of the time it is the vision. Often that vision does not exist in isolation, but is built with at least the implicit understanding of the softer, people side.