Archibald Putt
Putts Law technology understand manage
Putts Law technology understand manage
Putt's Law:
"Technology is dominated by two types of people, those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand."
— Archibald Putt
Putts corollary technology incompetence flush management
Putts corollary technology incompetence flush management
Putt's Corollary:
"Every technical hierarchy, in time, develops a competence inversion."
with incompetence being "flushed out of the lower levels" of a technocratic hierarchy, ensuring that technically competent people remain directly in charge of the actual technology while those without technical competence move into management.
— Archibald Putt