This was the seed of Fredrick Taylor’s idea to enhance the human side of enterprise.
Maximize productive motions in order to give a man a few hours rest & relaxation from loading pig-iron into train box cars.

When management grasped the idea, the concept of Taylorism served the company, much like my UPS driver experience. Every movement timed, averaged, maximized to replace human activity with a rigid cog in their organizational wheel. Every bit of a day’s data is used to Inform a busy supervisor who’s stealing time from the company.

Data ethics relies on the leadership principles championed by the late Robert Terry. In his Resource domain, too much data without guiding principles, curation if you will, becomes just so much STUFF. The equivalent of a hoarder’s home after 50 years in residence. Geological conglomerate.

Thanks for your well thought piece.