Provocative, right? Organizational structure can provide unanticipated cultural outcomes when we don’t think systematically about our incentives. Psychiatrists have identified systems that allow sociopathic and psychopathic mindsets to flourish. How can we think systematically about platforms to mitigate such outcomes?
Research indicates that organizational structure and incentives drive different levels of empathy between teams. As we build out platforms, the goal is to maximize the kind of collaboration that produces the highest organazional and societal good.
Let’s break down a few patterns and technology selections that help us leverage culture to drive the right collaboration and empathy.
Speaker: Michael Wood, Field CTO at HashiCorp.
Bio: Michael Wood is Field CTO at HashiCorp. In his 20+ year career, he has gone from practitioner to executive. In driving large scale optimizations, Michael built best practice labs across the globe. He gained experience with all aspects of the developer experience, including onboarding, automated application scheduling, infrastructure, security automation, and more. In his spare time, he also runs an Apiary for honey bees, both for the honey and the ecological benefits to the area.