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A key characteristic of many British institutions is the repeated complicity with covering up scandals that impact the lives of those the institutions are intended to serve or work with.

As Martha Gill argues, we need to put aside our 'surprise' ay successive scandals revealed by embattled whistleblowers & subsequent long inquiries; the bigger problem is that these institutional failings are so common & it (as so often) comes down to British management!

#managers

observer.co.uk/news/opinion-an

How can we change the culture of cover-ups? First, accept...
The Observer · How can we change the culture of cover-ups? First, accept that it's the normBy Martha Gill
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@Linknation @kevinrns @pschanen

Don't be that #asshole.

You understand your #computer. This makes you a member of a #minority. Unless you are going to #volunteer to be someone's #techSupport, do not tell them to do things with their #computers that they do not understand.

My opinion is informed by the thirty or so years I've had #Linux on my personal boxen. I help #boomers run blogs. These are not stupid people, but they struggle with #password #managers. There no way they can operate a Linux system without a fucktonne of support.

University of Arkansas: New Research Identifies Ideal AI System Types for Managers. “As managers face more pressure in implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into the workflow, a study from researchers at a trio of universities offers insights to help managers adapt. By distinguishing between managers who are risk-averse and those who are more risk-taking, the study sheds keen insight into […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/university-of-arkansas-new-research-identifies-ideal-ai-system-types-for-managers/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · University of Arkansas: New Research Identifies Ideal AI System Types for Managers | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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As Louise Murphy (Resolution Foundation) points out:

'When we asked what young people would change about the world of work, they didn’t ask for big, flashy reforms. They wanted to have more human, understanding managers'!

Its a sad indictment (but no surprise) that young people entering work find managers are not friendly or supportive people... I've said for years many of the UK's workforce problems are linked to rubbish managers & this is what the young find out!

#workers #managers
h/t FT

Health insurance companies are notorious for exploiting prior authorization schemes to avoid paying for care and have denied claims at alarming rates in recent years.

However, corporate consolidation of industry “middlemen” that experts say are partially to blame for the prescription drug affordability crisis has received less scrutiny from the general public,
despite efforts by lawmakers and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to shine light on the notoriously opaque and confusing corporate bureaucracy that determines the cost of medicine.

We often hear about Big Pharma selling drugs at high prices
and insurance companies dragging their feet when it comes time to pay the bill,
but the prices patients pay out of pocket for pharmaceuticals is largely shaped by the connective tissue between insurers and drug manufacturers: #pharmacy #benefit #managers, or PBMs.

PBMs have been around for decades, but the largest PBMs have merged with major insurance companies to form conglomerates,
including UnitedHealth Group’s #OptumRx.

In theory, PBMs negotiate discounts and rebates paid by drug makers that are passed onto insurance companies and their patients,
but the lack of transparency in that process has long frustrated lawmakers and regulators attempting to contain the skyrocketing cost of medicine.

The PBMs say their secret negotiations with drug companies make prescriptions more affordable for consumers,
but this system has not shown to protect patients from sticker shock at the pharmacy counter.

Nearly 30 percent of Americans say they haven’t taken prescribed medication due to cost,
and an estimated 1.1 million Medicare patients alone could die over the next decade because they cannot afford the drugs prescribed by their doctors,
according to the American Hospital Association.

The FTC reports that in 2023, the U.S. spent more than $722 billion on prescription drugs,
💥nearly as much as the rest of the world combined.

Clearly the system is not working for patients or public health,
and policy makers in both parties have increasingly focused on the PBMs
and their recent mergers with major insurance companies.

According to a two-year FTC investigation on health care conglomerates released in July,
PBMs are “powerful middlemen inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies.”

“We’ve heard accounts of how the business practices of PBMs may deprive patients of access to the most affordable medicines
and how doctors find themselves having to subordinate their independent medical judgment to PBMs’ decision-making at the expense of patient health,”
FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement at the time.
truthout.org/articles/its-not-

Truthout · It’s Not Just Denied Claims. Insurance Firms Are Hiring Middlemen to Deny Meds.Lawmakers are looking to break up massive health care conglomerates that manage nearly 80 percent of prescriptions.

→ -2000 Lines Of Code (via @nitot)
folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lin

In 1982, managers of the Lisa software team began tracking engineers' progress by the number of lines of code written weekly. Bill Atkinson, a key implementer, optimized Quickdraw's region calculation, reducing code by 2,000 lines and making it six times faster. He reported "-2000" lines of code on the form. Soon after, managers stopped asking him to fill it out.

www.folklore.orgFolklore.org: -2000 Lines Of Code

In a traditional hierarchical #organisation managers most important job should be clear all obstacles and make sure the specialists have mandate to make all the decisions they know best.

Unfortunately often the #managers withhold information and hold on tightly to the decision #power. Quite natural, but also quite bad for the performance of the organisation.

Set the goals and trust the people. It may take a while for the culture to adjust to that new setup, but it will. Trust the people. #OD

Our corporations and administrations are dominated by a clique of people who, because they are symbolically interested, "give 100%" and expect others to do the same.

We can speak of a social class in charge of organizing work:
"Capital chooses a management team to represent it on the spot [in the corporations. Executives are meant] to supervise and organize the labors of the working population" (Harry Braverman USA, 1974, p. 405)

For Braverman, the people who really count in this team are those whose managerial positions offer them "a _share in the surplus_ produced in the corporation, and thus is intended to attach them to the success or failure of the corporation and give them a ‘management stake’, even if a small one." (pp.405–6, original emphasis)

@sociology

🔎 Feedback Findings # 1

Did you know❓

Psychological safety significantly shapes feedback dynamics in various sectors, including general practice training.

So what made trainees feel unsafe?

Among other factors, when they felt like a burden, had prior negative experiences with feedback (including not getting it at all), and felt the feedback giver was dismissive or rushed.

𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗺 𝗫 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 '𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗺𝘁𝗲' 𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻

Berichtendienst X heeft managers benoemd die ervoor moeten zorgen dat de dienst 'een veilige ruimte voor iedereen' wordt. Toen Elon Musk anderhalf jaar geleden Twitter overnam, ontsloeg hij juist bijna al het personeel dat hiervoor verantwoordelijk was.

rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5443

RTL Nieuws · Musk benoemt nieuwe managers om X weer 'veilige ruimte' te makenBerichtendienst X heeft managers benoemd die ervoor moeten zorgen dat de dienst 'een veilige ruimte voor iedereen' wordt. Toen Elon Musk anderhalf jaar geleden Twitter overnam, ontsloeg hij juist bijna al het personeel dat hiervoor verantwoordelijk was.