Why operations management is one of the biggest bottlenecks in effective altruism?
Operations seem to be a role that has the highest-impact for some, who are part of the effective altruism communities right now, in the contrast of the roles that may come to mind first, such as outreach, research, or earnings to give. An argument can be made that there is a shortage of people who are able to excel in such positions in the altruism community, thus making such roles high impact in nature right now. It can also be argued that they could be much more creative as well as intellectually stimulating than what a lot of people might think, often involving the design of the complex systems and also requiring social intelligence and creativity. • People in roles of operations management act as the multipliers and they aim at enabling those in the organization to increase their productivity. They oversee those functions that are crucial for all top-performing organizations, like management, overseeing the budget, help to hire and training new staff members, etc. • Great operati