[bearjaws]

> Why Innovation Heroes are a Sign of a Dysfunctional Organization

Because often you can solve 99% of companies problems with boring software.

I am reminded of this blog post from earlier this week:

> Most organizations cannot ship the most basic applications imaginable with any consistency, and you're out here saying that the best way to remain competitive is to roll out experimental technology that is an order of magnitude more sophisticated than anything else your I.T department runs,

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you...

[verisimilidude]

"Innovation" in this context does not mean cutting-edge technology. It just means changing processes to deliver better results. The tech is often the easy part, and there's plenty of room for boring software.

The hard part is navigating the bureaucracy and building consensus toward a change. This management-craft is where the clever thinking and emergent solutions are found and deployed.

[graemep]

Updating a spreadsheet with data pulled from another system sounds more like "boring software" than "experimental technology".

[jjk166]

A backhoe is orders of magnitude more complex than a shovel. A team struggling to dig a pit with shovels would probably benefit immensely from a backhoe. The idea that workers shouldn't get better tools until they can succeed without them is insane.