Our startup team keeps talking about building technology that connects people, inspired by Ubuntu philosophy, but our own internal tools are creating silos and competition between us instead of collaboration. Everyone nods when we discuss Ubuntu in meetings but then we go back to Slack channels that exclude people and metrics that pit us against each other, and I'm wondering if we're just performing values we don't actually know how to implement.
More people experience this than they realize.
The contradiction between espoused Ubuntu values and actual technology implementation within the team reveals a deeper confusion about walking the talk.
“Where Are You with African philosophy of technology — Ubuntu and the examined tool?”
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