Scientific Definition
Their failure: character. Our failure: situation.
Plain-English Definition
Their failure: character. Our failure: situation.
Feynman Explanation
They're disorganized. We're under-resourced.
Core Principle
Their failure: character. Our failure: situation.
Mechanisms
Their failure: character. Our failure: situation.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
They're disorganized. We're under-resourced.
Examples
- A missed deadline is lazy when they do it and complex when we do it.
- Performance management mistakes context for character.
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Design Principles
- Default to system explanations before personality ones.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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- Default to system explanations before personality ones.
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
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We overweight whoever has the bigger title in the room.
Adopting beliefs because the room already did.
Spending disproportionate energy on trivial decisions.
Diffused responsibility means nothing happens.
Once we say it publicly, we'll defend it past the data.
Forgetting what it's like not to know what you know.
Assuming everyone secretly agrees with us.
Low expectations produce low performance.
One strong trait colors judgment of unrelated traits.
We extend more trust, benefit of the doubt, and rope to 'our people.'
We're more persuaded by people we like.
We see 'them' as more uniform than 'us.'