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Re: U1DF: The Art of Getting Things Done

by Yvan Diaz - Sunday, 6 September 2020, 9:37 PM
To my understanding of what this definition implies, to put it in simpler terms is basically creating
a sort of human-computer system. For a company operation, the way I view it from my standing
point is that one would need the proper mental skills to map out a system that is capable of
completing one or more tasks simultaneously and executing measures to prevent any sort of
collapse during the process. This would be very similar to how a computer scientist would
program an application to run as expected, but of course, using actual people following specific
protocols as the "program code" in this case.

However, in order for tasks to be completed in a timely and efficient matter, as a manager, one
has to enforce discipline, create protocols for specific situations to follow to accomplish the task,
which in most companies would be recognized as "pipelines" or "workflows", have an open mind
and accept feedback from your workers to help improve the business, inspire proper teamwork
and coordination, and of course, maintaining order and the process up to date. All of this
combined can help create a proper "program code" that can eventually have the operation run by
itself at full capacity, which for most would be a significant milestone.
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Re: U1DF: The Art of Getting Things Done

by Arianna Parisi - Monday, 7 September 2020, 11:08 AM
To put it in a computing sense, I would have never thought of it that way but you are most
definitely right. If one function does not work, then the whole program will fail. That's why there is
always someone in control of that function to make changes where they are needed to be
changed. Without that in the workplace, things would run rampant. I also like that fact that you
acknowledge that a manager must be open to feedback and provide the same feedback,
because sometimes (this happens a lot), managers tend to be the center of the workplace,
barking orders at people but not taking the time to open their eyes and really see what's going on
in the workplace.
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