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{{quote|“What you see is all there is.” | {{quote|“What you see is all there is.” | ||
:— {{author|Daniel Kahneman}}}} | :— {{author|Daniel Kahneman}}}} | ||
{{quote|“Der Teufel | {{quote|“Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken.”<ref>''The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps''.</ref> | ||
:—{{Buchstein}}, ''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]''}} | :—{{Buchstein}}, ''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]''}} | ||
Because we can see [[form]] easily, we imbue it with meaning. We assume | Because we can see [[form]] easily, we imbue it with meaning. We assume the fixed connections we draw between vertices on the matter: that they are “structural”, because we ''say'' they are. | ||
Take the [[org chart]]: | Take the [[org chart]]: which places every person in a firm in a logical, hierarchical relationship to everyone else, can be neatly and easily controlled, and implies that these supply-lines, chains of command and communication channels are the ones that matter. But do they? aren’t | ||
There is much management theory around the relationship of “spans” and “layers”<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=spans+and+layers Let me google that for you].</ref> optimal organisation charts no more than 5 layers of management; no more than 5 direct reports and so on. This, from [https://peoplepuzzles.co.uk/news/ive-got-too-many-direct-reports/#:~:text=Around%20five%20direct%20reports%20seems,really%20hold%20the%20business%20back People Puzzles], is pretty funny: | There is much management theory around the relationship of “spans” and “layers”<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=spans+and+layers Let me google that for you].</ref> optimal organisation charts no more than 5 layers of management; no more than 5 direct reports and so on. This, from [https://peoplepuzzles.co.uk/news/ive-got-too-many-direct-reports/#:~:text=Around%20five%20direct%20reports%20seems,really%20hold%20the%20business%20back People Puzzles], is pretty funny: | ||