From 6179a6d7b65f5e331bf69d89d0d7645cdfe2fbed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:37:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- Open Letter to Google.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index 7ec3fcf0d..4f197744d 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ By this I mean not the [[Agora]] as it is in its current form (in which you migh I started the Agora project back in 2017-2019 (depending on how you count) to demonstrate some basic principles in the field of knowledge management that I thought were [[interesting]] and [[important]] to explore in the open. With this letter, I want to make the argument that the Agora represents a step forward in the right direction for a company like Google as it navigates the mid 20s. -# Google should seriously consider becoming more democratic +# Google should consider becoming more democratic Most corporations have historically not been democratic at all; governance wise they tend to be (or become) highly hierarchical, in particular as they age and emergent hierarchies solidify and negotiate market pressures. -Google toyed with anti-hierarchy early in its lifetime, way before I joined in 2012. The story goes that Larry and Sergey thought that they could do away with (nascent but ever growing) layers of management, and decided that everyone would report directly to them. The experiment was cancelled after a few months \ No newline at end of file +Google toyed with a form of anti-hierarchy early in its lifetime, way before I joined in 2012. The story goes that Larry and Sergey thought that they could do away with (nascent but ever growing) layers of management, and decided that everyone would report directly to them. The experiment was cancelled after a few months due to the resulting overload. It \ No newline at end of file