tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379029595723770792.post6231412697676081111..comments2022-04-08T08:41:45.591-07:00Comments on The Barbarian Programmer: Trapped in the Knowledge Value NetworkGregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15214889337527469153noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379029595723770792.post-24251109222064696132012-12-10T08:32:49.858-08:002012-12-10T08:32:49.858-08:00One of the things that i have noticed over time ab...One of the things that i have noticed over time about organizations similar to the things that you'e noticed is that as you become mired in the system itself it is more difficult to even conceptualize change let alone effect it. once you are inside the system and really begin to understand how it works your brain builds up a network of exceptions and excuses that you can put in front of any effort towards change. <br /><br />'You want to do what? well, if you try that, you'll run into this, and that and this.' part of this is healthy learning from experience but much of it, too much of it, is becoming gun shy to change because of your knowledge of the system. <br /><br />this is why to effect big change, you often bring in an outsider. once you are inside of the system fully, you have trouble getting out and seeing the big picture, or the alternate perspective once again. Unfortunately even hiring that outsider has risk because if you do it and the organization isn't ready for change and it takes some time, then any change agent brought in begins to become corrupted by the system itself. it doesn't make the agent a lesser man, he might be very successful at making the system as it is valuable and profitable but they become no longer capable of the 'big change' they were brought in for. <br /><br />i'm not sure i've found the way around this for the change agent. It might simply be shifting environments often enough to not get mired. It might be, as you suggest learning new skills on a regular basis, trying new thins within your system regularly so you don't lose the knack. Mike Hrycykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05508004115668642870noreply@blogger.com