To stop goodhart don’t measure. When someone walks in the door of the hiring department, spin a spinner. That determines what job a person has, no promotions, no firings. (If someone is too bad, they will get sent to jail anyway)
Part of the problem is that everyone in these companies is a smarmy sharp suited liberal arts degree types. Hire a broader range of humanity. When you have everyone from Tibetan monks to an ex drug dealer, to an eco warrier, to the sort of person that builds their own compiler in their free time, you should be good. If anyone knocks on the CEO’s door at 3am on christmas, wearing only a swimsuit and diving gear, and trying to explain why they are a good hire through the medium of interpretative dance, hire them on the spot.
You won’t get a maze. Whether or not a madhouse is an improvement, I don’t know?
To stop goodhart don’t measure. When someone walks in the door of the hiring department, spin a spinner. That determines what job a person has, no promotions, no firings. (If someone is too bad, they will get sent to jail anyway)
Part of the problem is that everyone in these companies is a smarmy sharp suited liberal arts degree types. Hire a broader range of humanity. When you have everyone from Tibetan monks to an ex drug dealer, to an eco warrier, to the sort of person that builds their own compiler in their free time, you should be good. If anyone knocks on the CEO’s door at 3am on christmas, wearing only a swimsuit and diving gear, and trying to explain why they are a good hire through the medium of interpretative dance, hire them on the spot.
You won’t get a maze. Whether or not a madhouse is an improvement, I don’t know?