suttree
Joined 18 years ago
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https://www.somewhere.com
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Comment · 2 months ago
The dumb thing about dumb things.
Comment · 5 years ago
Reminds me that the reasoning behind austerity came from an Excel calculation that didn't include all the relevant rows :~/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/18/uncovered-e...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22223190
https://theconversation.com/the-reinhart-rogoff-error-or-how...
Comment · 10 years ago
My approach to this is giving companies a place to start these kinds of discussions with people -
https://www.somewhere.com/for-companies
Not people analytics or people ops, but a way to talk about how you think about and approach work.
Comment · 10 years ago
Totally agree, the hard problem in all of this isn't people analytics or people ops, it's people. Dealing with them is hard because we're all so different.
Comment · 10 years ago
I would humbly point in the direction of Somewhere.com
Comment · 11 years ago
That's the feeling I'm getting as a result of this. I think it's great that Instagram took a long time before they launched this, and I'm not sure what tools people have in order to report, block and hide ads, but it's clear from this experience it's something the community wants.
Comment · 11 years ago
Personally, there's no "may" in it. It's all about the people, and what you can do for them. Technology like the internet is just a distribution channel, a few to reach people who aren't nearby.