SwiftOnSecurityNov 14, 2024

I've mentioned before, but I think about this a lot:

"There must be another room, somewhere down the hall, where the real meeting is happening, where the real experts are, making the real decisions ... because it can’t just be us. It can’t just be this." -- Jake Sullivan, 2013

Show threadClemensNov 14, 2024
@SwiftOnSecurity I've had this feeling at my last employer, a car manufacturing company. I'd always wonder how with the people in the room, we'd still manage to eventually build a car.
We figured there must be a secret cabal of 10% of the employees that actually build the car. The rest is just there for Excel and PowerPoint.
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines

@neverpanic @SwiftOnSecurity

Military research seems to suggest that there is only about 5-10% of the actual effective soldiers. Really dedicated to the art of making the other guy die (source: Grossman, "On killing")

Also, I found when I wore a PM hat, that even a monkey can deliver outcomes with the A-Team.

The truly expert, can take a random rabble of misfits, left-handers, layabouts and droolers and make them deliver.

Nov 14, 2024 at 9:59pmWeb