https://www.golem.de/news/algorithmic-cringe-wie-linkedin-unsere-sprache-fuer-die-dwell-time-opfert-2606-209255.html

#did #dut #linkedin

ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!

I received a #LinkedIn alert that a resume I submitted for a job was downloaded... ONE YEAR LATER!

It's not even current anymore, jackass!

I was talking to a friend last week about a personal/work project I had about 10 years ago where every month or so, I had to change my mind (properly!) about something I believed in – Which in this case, meant I had to go and seek things out because it’s really hard to do every month unless it’s active.

It’s half of the reason I spent so long embedded in Flat-Earth and Scientology; the other half was that I was researching pathways to radicalisation and trying to trace a lot of them to the source and exit.

I was listening to a Sherlock Holmes podcast yesterday and realised that being able to change your mind completely about something is a core investigative skill (and this is how I increased my B2B sales… No! No… Away with you LinkedIn!).

Good investigative technique means having a theory of the case from the start, but then, importantly, it means deliberately challenging it and then changing it, when new evidence emerges. It can be a lot of paperwork and mental gymnastics. Sticking to the original theory of a case and looking for evidence to support it is what created the Birmingham Six and the Central Park Five. Completely irresponsible and incompetent police work and static minds are a liability to any good casework (see also: Donald Trump who is still trying to execute the CP5).

This isn’t really going anywhere except to note that although Sherlock was excellent at changing case-theories (and does so a lot in the books), his creator, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, of Cottingley Fairies and Harry Houdini feud fame, was so bad at it that he’d certainly have had a leadership role waiting in the West Midlands Police any time.

Ironically, the person in his most famous stories that he can be most said to resemble, is Lestrade of the Yard.

#Books #SherlockHomes #Detective #Investigation #TrustAndSafety #Fairies #Police #Crime #Houdini #Ramblings #ASIS #FlatEarth #Scientology #Radicalization #LinkedIn #B2B

Vielleicht sollte ich auf den nächsten Teamtagen eine Rede halten und das als mein persönliches Highlight auf #linkedin vermarkten. Meine Untergebenen mal wieder persönlich zu sehen ist gar nicht so wichtig, sondern die Wertschätzung, dass wir Vorgesetzte das Event in Strandnähe stattfinden lassen.

#AchtungIronie