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    The strategy, initiatives & what I said above was very much initiated and influenced from those you mention above and others. That will not change going forward. We are building an organization internally of both those whose official role is to work on Community and those who have strong Community ties to ensure we holistically understand what we are doing, why we are doing it, and what all the potential impacts will be. I think Yaakov's pretty awesome and all the CMs have been instrumental in understanding the past and deciding how we go forward. Thank you for all your work as a Mod. Commented Feb 19, 2020 at 18:29
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    I don't think that assigning blame is always entirely counterproductive: while it's unlikley to fix a particular problem, it at least lets us at least help to figure out whom to trust and whom not to. And at this point, taking blame would be very productive I think; we now have our third or fourth high-level executive addressing this problem and no way to tell if the CEO and board actually realize how badly they've failed or are simply attempting yet another patch to their tatterred reputation, repeating as necessary. Commented Feb 22, 2020 at 4:38
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    And I've talked about it. I have always felt praising in public and reprimanding in private has always been a more compassionate and positive way to do things. I would rather the folks in question understand where they went wrong and make amends than see their heads in a pillory Commented Feb 22, 2020 at 5:33
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    @JourneymanGeek, if the management acknowledged that the last year many actions were mistakes, they need to analyse the failures and clarify who is responsible for them. If the person is unprofessional and doesn’t have abilities for the role, she should not stay on the position that could cause the damage to the company in a future. Commented Feb 22, 2020 at 14:52
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    And yet in focusing on one person, we kind if forget that while these were painful events we view as stemming from a single cause than a series of systematic failures of an organization. We turn the person, and the blame into a distraction from deeper, more fundamental issues. Even if one person was personally responsible, it's a failure of the organization to see, prevent and resolve those issues Commented Feb 22, 2020 at 15:51
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    Yaakov's been awesome: Since Monica's unjust firing, I've stepped back most of my interaction with SE but I've noticed that in that time, Yaakov has been working away, improving SE with bug fixes and implementing feature requests without making a big song-and-dance about it while the drama raged around him. It's good to highlight some of the positives and give credit where it's due. Commented Feb 27, 2020 at 19:45