Thanks for writing this! I’m not sure how I’d feel if orgs I worked for went more in this direction, but I did find myself nodding along to a bunch of parts (though not all) of what you wrote.
One thing I’m curious about is you have thoughts on avoiding a “nitpick” culture, where every perk or line item becomes a big discussion among leadership or an org, or the org broadly—that seems to me like a big downside of moving in this direction.
Just because, things I especially liked:
1.
We should try to be especially virtuous whenever we find ourselves setting a moral example for others
(Though sometimes/often I think the excellent thing to model for others is “yes, I am really going to do this weird / not-altruistic-looking thing because it is the right thing to do)
2. Bringing in services to make them convenient but then asking people to pay sounds like a bit of a boondoggle but also really clever—I don’t think I’d encountered this kind of compromise before. I’d be interested in more of this form!
Thanks for writing this! I’m not sure how I’d feel if orgs I worked for went more in this direction, but I did find myself nodding along to a bunch of parts (though not all) of what you wrote.
One thing I’m curious about is you have thoughts on avoiding a “nitpick” culture, where every perk or line item becomes a big discussion among leadership or an org, or the org broadly—that seems to me like a big downside of moving in this direction.
Just because, things I especially liked:
1.
(Though sometimes/often I think the excellent thing to model for others is “yes, I am really going to do this weird / not-altruistic-looking thing because it is the right thing to do)
2. Bringing in services to make them convenient but then asking people to pay sounds like a bit of a boondoggle but also really clever—I don’t think I’d encountered this kind of compromise before. I’d be interested in more of this form!