Post #3315937

2026-06-13 10:00 UTC

@kevlin@mastodon.social The gap between what leaders believe and what employees experience isn't an information problem. It's a structural one. In a DP1 (C&C) organisation, information travelling upward is systematically filtered. People report what is safe to report, and what reaches the top has been shaped by every layer it passed through. Better measurement tools don't fix that. They just produce more precise data that goes through the same filter. The structure produces the gap. You close it by changing the structure, not by journaling.

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@matthewskelton@mastodon.social 2026-06-14 06:43

@trondhjort@hachyderm.io @kevlin@mastodon.social I now use the phrase Economies of Empowerment to characterise the conditions needed for genuine effective execution at speed and scale (yep, it's kinda DP2). Seems to resonate with the right people. https://matthewskelton.com/keynote-talks/keynote-economies-of-empowerment

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@tknarr@mstdn.social 2026-06-14 10:46

@trondhjort@hachyderm.io @kevlin@mastodon.social "The "Plan".

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@Bahco@mastodon.nl 2026-06-14 10:58

@trondhjort@hachyderm.io @kevlin@mastodon.social This reminds me of "The Plan (How Shit Happens)" which must be at least forty years old by now. https://www.funnyshit.com.au/the_plan.html

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@wiert@mastodon.social 2026-06-14 11:46

@trondhjort@hachyderm.io @kevlin@mastodon.social what is DP1? (I'm bad at abbrs)

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@rickenharp@social.lol 2026-06-15 05:45

@trondhjort@hachyderm.io @cstross@wandering.shop @kevlin@mastodon.social Good old Thermocline of Truth: https://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/the-wetware-crisis-the-themocline-of-truth/

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