Thanks for the reply! I agree having a directory seems potentially useful, and also that there could plausibly be some cases where having familiarity with EA could be particularly beneficial. Hopefully you’re documenting such cases and can point to examples. I’m just a bit wary that sometimes there seems to be a reluctance to use outside experts.
I totally agree with you. The other problem with outside experts is the same that anyone faces—who do I use? Which company is good? Pre-covid, I had been working on a problem in the small business community that created something very similar because of the hesitancy of humans to trust, especially when a lot of providers aren’t as good as they claim to be. So I do think there’s a trust factor that’s important regardless, and if we don’t have the talent in EA, I would consider bringing people out of EA into the community to fill those gaps.
Thanks for the reply! I agree having a directory seems potentially useful, and also that there could plausibly be some cases where having familiarity with EA could be particularly beneficial. Hopefully you’re documenting such cases and can point to examples. I’m just a bit wary that sometimes there seems to be a reluctance to use outside experts.
I totally agree with you.
The other problem with outside experts is the same that anyone faces—who do I use? Which company is good? Pre-covid, I had been working on a problem in the small business community that created something very similar because of the hesitancy of humans to trust, especially when a lot of providers aren’t as good as they claim to be. So I do think there’s a trust factor that’s important regardless, and if we don’t have the talent in EA, I would consider bringing people out of EA into the community to fill those gaps.