Comments on: Vision, decisions and constraints http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Situational vs. Dispositional Management || December || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-188478 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Situational vs. Dispositional Management || December || 2008 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:25:31 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-188478 [...] in a situational world is an iterative systems design problem with constraints - managers have to pick a vision, align employees with that vision, work towards the vision, re-evaluate progress, possibly pick a [...] [...] in a situational world is an iterative systems design problem with constraints – managers have to pick a vision, align employees with that vision, work towards the vision, re-evaluate progress, possibly pick a [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Spreading Ideas and Framing || November || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-186150 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Spreading Ideas and Framing || November || 2008 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:37:19 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-186150 [...] out if we’re just contributing to their worldview by doing so. We need to concentrate on our overall vision and figure out whether what we’re doing is contributing to that end goal. We need to find [...] [...] out if we’re just contributing to their worldview by doing so. We need to concentrate on our overall vision and figure out whether what we’re doing is contributing to that end goal. We need to find [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || What is the purpose of your design? || October || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-177234 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || What is the purpose of your design? || October || 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:17:36 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-177234 [...] back to a recurring theme of mine, setting big goals makes it easier to make all other decisions; for instance, Adria is intent on continuing to push the boundaries of innovation in cuisine, so he [...] [...] back to a recurring theme of mine, setting big goals makes it easier to make all other decisions; for instance, Adria is intent on continuing to push the boundaries of innovation in cuisine, so he [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Personal branding || August || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-169362 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Personal branding || August || 2008 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:01:38 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-169362 [...] of what’s been good about this job search is realizing what I don’t want to do; as I expressed a few weeks ago, a vision is as much to determine what not to do as it is to determine what should be done. [...] [...] of what’s been good about this job search is realizing what I don’t want to do; as I expressed a few weeks ago, a vision is as much to determine what not to do as it is to determine what should be done. [...]

]]> By: Ideas Online · Ist die Applikation mailable? http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-163940 Ideas Online · Ist die Applikation mailable? Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:00:06 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-163940 [...] ich einen tollen Blog Eintrag finde, möchte ich meistens eben nicht auf das Blog hinweisen, sondern zuallererst auf den [...] [...] ich einen tollen Blog Eintrag finde, möchte ich meistens eben nicht auf das Blog hinweisen, sondern zuallererst auf den [...]

]]> By: josakana http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-163908 josakana Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:41:01 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-163908 I agree that there's something to be said for having an abstract picture of what you think you're doing. I'm not sure if I necessarily believe that a vision is the right way to go: Jason's comment above seems particularly relevant. In particular, why "vision" over "values"? One implies a particular way you want the world to be; the other implies ways to get to an optimal solution that you may not yet know. There's something to be said for that -- although there's something to be said for the simplicity and concreteness of a good vision, which is, alas, far from the standard 'vision statement'. I agree that there’s something to be said for having an abstract picture of what you think you’re doing. I’m not sure if I necessarily believe that a vision is the right way to go: Jason’s comment above seems particularly relevant.

In particular, why “vision” over “values”? One implies a particular way you want the world to be; the other implies ways to get to an optimal solution that you may not yet know. There’s something to be said for that — although there’s something to be said for the simplicity and concreteness of a good vision, which is, alas, far from the standard ‘vision statement’.

]]> By: Jason http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-163866 Jason Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:44:39 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-163866 Hi Eric We have the opposite here, I work for a public administration, we have over 700 distinct services. Each has a vision. We then add corporate visions, partnership visions, regional visions and national visions. I feel like we some times we have so many it ends up in nightmares or dream like states. Wondering through the work visions is like walking into a utopia of the yet to be created. One point is that we seldom some times focus on the present suffciently to be able to create a meaningful vision. Hi Eric

We have the opposite here, I work for a public administration, we have over 700 distinct services. Each has a vision. We then add corporate visions, partnership visions, regional visions and national visions.

I feel like we some times we have so many it ends up in nightmares or dream like states. Wondering through the work visions is like walking into a utopia of the yet to be created.

One point is that we seldom some times focus on the present suffciently to be able to create a meaningful vision.

]]> By: Meet Barnaby » Blog Archive » Developers developers developers… http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-163836 Meet Barnaby » Blog Archive » Developers developers developers… Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:38:25 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-163836 [...] Eric’s proposed solution to this is vision. Simply that management should decide on vision, and everybody else decides on how to implement that vision at their level of granularity in the organization. Obviously “management in a visionary guiding role rather than a hierarchical authoritative role” works better in some organizations than others for example probably wouldn’t work well for a clerk at McDonalds, they clearly need process over vision. Even at my company we have programmers who do things like develop on a production system, or run regular processes for customers without having any sort of testing harness on it.  They’re not qualified to make decisions even if they know what the vision is, and someone else who’s qualified should. [...] [...] Eric’s proposed solution to this is vision. Simply that management should decide on vision, and everybody else decides on how to implement that vision at their level of granularity in the organization. Obviously “management in a visionary guiding role rather than a hierarchical authoritative role” works better in some organizations than others for example probably wouldn’t work well for a clerk at McDonalds, they clearly need process over vision. Even at my company we have programmers who do things like develop on a production system, or run regular processes for customers without having any sort of testing harness on it.  They’re not qualified to make decisions even if they know what the vision is, and someone else who’s qualified should. [...]

]]> By: seppo http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-163811 seppo Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:10:34 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/07/06/vision-decisions-and-constraints/#comment-163811 This is similar to something I wrote a bit about in one of my National Novel Writing Month projects - in game design (as in *any* design), knowing what something isn't is as important as knowing what something is. Everything is basically about resource management. You have a limited amount of resources to create something. The more focused you can be about how you allocate those resources, the better. This is similar to something I wrote a bit about in one of my National Novel Writing Month projects – in game design (as in *any* design), knowing what something isn’t is as important as knowing what something is.

Everything is basically about resource management. You have a limited amount of resources to create something. The more focused you can be about how you allocate those resources, the better.

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