Exactly! I think I’m messing up the way I explain this (ironic) but yes.
Some occupations can offload that explanation effort to the culture and let others just refer to what they already know about it (lawyers, doctors, butchers, painters, etc) but if you have an uncommon and abstract job, you need to think a bit deeper about this.
For those, the question “what signals am I emitting that make it easier for others to understand what I do” becomes more crucial.
Legibility as in people being able to correctly read the signs of non-fungibility as signs of skill and not just the costs of “hard to manage”.
“Communication of value” places the focus on the emitter.
“Legibility” focuses on the receiver (over whom the emitter has less effect).
Carpenters are legible
Consultants are less so
Got it. I still assign the responsibility to the consultant, who must be able to communicate value in a way that the receiver can understand.
The onus of communication is on the emitter, not the receiver (something I only understood and truly appreciated after too many mistakes).
Exactly! I think I’m messing up the way I explain this (ironic) but yes.
Some occupations can offload that explanation effort to the culture and let others just refer to what they already know about it (lawyers, doctors, butchers, painters, etc) but if you have an uncommon and abstract job, you need to think a bit deeper about this.
For those, the question “what signals am I emitting that make it easier for others to understand what I do” becomes more crucial.