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The British government famously says that technical people should be “on tap, not on top” and that attitude permeates the entire country, with just a very few e
by gaius 8y ago
The British government famously says that technical people should be “on tap, not on top” and that attitude permeates the entire country, with just a very few exceptions
- onemoresoop 8y agoIt's more about experts to be kept on tap and not on top. And it makes sense. https://hbr.org/2012/07/keep-experts-on-tap-not-on-top https://hbr.org/2012/07/keep-experts-on-tap-not-on-top
- gaius 8y agoMagazine for MBAs says MBAs are brilliant and everyone else is just a resource. Not very convincing.
- onemoresoop 8y agoregardless of the magazine, it was not largely about technical people but about experts. It's the first time i'm hearing of 'on tap and not on top' and after reading on what it refers to it made a bit of sense to me. Experts are brilliant in their narrow field but they are not suitable to be at the top level. As to who should be on top is very debatable.. There are generally more examples of bad leadership...
- gaius 8y agoThat is not what is meant by the government. They mean Oxford PPE or STFU.
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