Slovification, simplification, and amplification

The podcast episode discusses three key mechanisms for creating great performance in organizations: slovification, simplification, and amplification. Slovification refers to the concept of slowing down to speed up or stop sawing the sharp in the saw. It emphasizes the importance of planning and preparation in order to handle challenges with resilience. An example given is the development of chaos monkey by Netflix, which randomly kills services in the middle of the day, allowing developers to fix issues and improve resilience. Simplification focuses on making problems themselves simpler, both technically and in terms of people architecture. This allows teams to work more independently and reduces coordination costs. The modularization of Amazon's APIs and their reduction of runtime coupling is given as an example. Amplification refers to the ability to generate, transmit, receive, and react to signals in a system. This includes aspects such as production telemetry and continuous learning. The importance of communication, feedback, and autonomy within organizations is highlighted, drawing parallels to the healthcare industry and the need for better information flow and coordination.