> It's the job of a manager to know what their reports are up to, and whether they're doing a good job of it, and are generally effective.
I don't think this is mutually exclusive with building tools that gives a bird's eye view of what various employees are doing. In fact, that sounds like a helpful tool. The ONLY tool? No, of course not. And a healthy dose of interpretation is required - in the same way that an engineer must look at a datadog dashboard and apply the necessary context to interpret anything useful from it. Some level of human interaction and empathy is required to be a manager. But if I can "know what my reports are up to" at a glance rather than interrupting them to ask...seems like a win win.
I don't think this is mutually exclusive with building tools that gives a bird's eye view of what various employees are doing. In fact, that sounds like a helpful tool. The ONLY tool? No, of course not. And a healthy dose of interpretation is required - in the same way that an engineer must look at a datadog dashboard and apply the necessary context to interpret anything useful from it. Some level of human interaction and empathy is required to be a manager. But if I can "know what my reports are up to" at a glance rather than interrupting them to ask...seems like a win win.