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I personally like calm, rational logical inspirational leaders. I would like the fictional Captain Picard! Those are very hard to find. In my humble opinion,

I personally like calm, rational logical inspirational leaders. I would like the fictional Captain Picard! Those are very hard to find. In my humble opinion, I believe you will find a lot of disagreement on methodologies throughout this thread as some folks are introverts, some extroverts and a wide range in between. Each person here will have had their own personal experiences that were a result of a mix of personality types. If we just go by Jung, that's a matrix of 16 types. The possibilities and interactions are quite extensive. I believe that each org filters down their group to a certain mix of personalities that are tolerable (cultural fit). The more critical someone is, the slightly more that people will tolerate in exchange for what they contribute. I suppose what I am suggesting is that there is no single form of leadership that is entirely optimal in any org. The mix of personalities can block rational discussion. There are some websites where people discuss the toxic results in their org.

acjohnson55 8y ago
> I believe that each org filters down their group to a certain mix of personalities that are tolerable (cultural fit). The more critical someone is, the slightly more that people will tolerate in exchange for what they contribute. While I think that's true, I don't think it's scalable. You can get a startup off the ground with a team of 20 and a serious bro culture. But the bigger you get and the more touchpoints you have with the outside world, the more an inclusive company culture becomes an advantage. It's not as simple as saying inclusivity is necessary. It obviously isn't. After all, you can build large systems on architectures that scale poorly, too. But I do believe it's a long-term advantage.
- LinuxBender 8y ago
  Agreed. I believe that as companies get bigger, this behavior narrows down to specific orgs in the company. Dev teams and operations teams will each have their own filtered set of personalities too. Even then, I know I am over simplifying.
JohnBooty 8y ago
I personally like calm, rational logical inspirational leaders. I would like the fictional Captain Picard! Those are very hard to find. Great example! He was fictional, of course, but he was a good example of a leader who took no shit and held his crew to high standards, yet cared deeply for his crew and did not resort to petty rants. Although didn't he sleep with or almost sleep with Dr. Crusher? Maybe Linus shouldn't emulate that part.
- LinuxBender 8y ago
  Apparently there were no Federation regulations against this. [1] [1] - https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/141670/what-are-the-starfleet-regulations-on-crew-relationships-or-fraternizing https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/141670/what-are-th...
  - brennebeck 8y ago
    I’m honestly shocked. I mean, it was the 80’s, but still, it’s Trek.
    - joesb 8y ago
      Why would it be, though? It's two adults having consensual relationship. May be you think the rule should be there because the current society haven't developed enough.
      - Pokepokalypse 8y ago
        "consensual" probably has different meanings among Starfleet officers of Klingon heritage. . .

acjohnson55 8y ago

> I believe that each org filters down their group to a certain mix of personalities that are tolerable (cultural fit). The more critical someone is, the slightly more that people will tolerate in exchange for what they contribute. While I think that's true, I don't think it's scalable. You can get a startup off the ground with a team of 20 and a serious bro culture. But the bigger you get and the more touchpoints you have with the outside world, the more an inclusive company culture becomes an advantage. It's not as simple as saying inclusivity is necessary. It obviously isn't. After all, you can build large systems on architectures that scale poorly, too. But I do believe it's a long-term advantage.

LinuxBender 8y ago
Agreed. I believe that as companies get bigger, this behavior narrows down to specific orgs in the company. Dev teams and operations teams will each have their own filtered set of personalities too. Even then, I know I am over simplifying.

JohnBooty 8y ago

I personally like calm, rational logical inspirational leaders. I would like the fictional Captain Picard! Those are very hard to find. Great example! He was fictional, of course, but he was a good example of a leader who took no shit and held his crew to high standards, yet cared deeply for his crew and did not resort to petty rants. Although didn't he sleep with or almost sleep with Dr. Crusher? Maybe Linus shouldn't emulate that part.

LinuxBender 8y ago
Apparently there were no Federation regulations against this. [1] [1] - https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/141670/what-are-the-starfleet-regulations-on-crew-relationships-or-fraternizing https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/141670/what-are-th...
- brennebeck 8y ago
  I’m honestly shocked. I mean, it was the 80’s, but still, it’s Trek.
  - joesb 8y ago
    Why would it be, though? It's two adults having consensual relationship. May be you think the rule should be there because the current society haven't developed enough.
    - Pokepokalypse 8y ago
      "consensual" probably has different meanings among Starfleet officers of Klingon heritage. . .