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Also known as a "rogue actor" in corporate newspeak. Take this stuff seriously.

by rmrfstar 6y ago

zozbot234 6y ago
Rouge actors tend to be an issue in all large organizations. Because as an organization gets larger, its middle and top levels are increasingly dominated by zero-sum political games, as opposed to directly relevant outcomes. And if you're a rouge actor, that's precisely the setting you're most comfortable in.
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jariel 6y ago
? If by 'rogue actor' you mean someone that actually has a mind of their own, their own ideas and whereupon the company can benefit tremendously from them? The 'psychopath' in the company will generally not 'seem' like a Rogue Actor, more likely, they will be 'seen' as doing really well, acting in the companies best interest, but really they're purely acting for their own benefit.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  With more nuance: "rogue actor" is a name for someone whose self interest until recently improved the company's bottom line, but has since been caught, and therefore needs to be thrown under the bus before anyone thinks to examine more closely the rogue actor's peers. (today's cynicism may be due to having read TFA of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24290346 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24290346 until the end. > "They conducted a perfunctory investigation ... and he was exonerated. How could such a busy man be expected to read every email he was copied in on? > ... [He] then proceeded to raise a complaint against me for my handling of the investigation in Ashgabat. It was his revenge for having been dragged into the affair.")
  - Nasrudith 6y ago
    Yeah I thought the standard for rogue actor was essentially those who commit the sin of losing when they take a gamble with their discretition as opposed to winners if treason doeth prospor none dare call it treason style essentially.

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Also known as a "rogue actor" in corporate newspeak. Take this stuff seriously.

by rmrfstar 6y ago

Also known as a "rogue actor" in corporate newspeak. Take this stuff seriously.

zozbot234 6y ago
Rouge actors tend to be an issue in all large organizations. Because as an organization gets larger, its middle and top levels are increasingly dominated by zero-sum political games, as opposed to directly relevant outcomes. And if you're a rouge actor, that's precisely the setting you're most comfortable in.
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jariel 6y ago
? If by 'rogue actor' you mean someone that actually has a mind of their own, their own ideas and whereupon the company can benefit tremendously from them? The 'psychopath' in the company will generally not 'seem' like a Rogue Actor, more likely, they will be 'seen' as doing really well, acting in the companies best interest, but really they're purely acting for their own benefit.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  With more nuance: "rogue actor" is a name for someone whose self interest until recently improved the company's bottom line, but has since been caught, and therefore needs to be thrown under the bus before anyone thinks to examine more closely the rogue actor's peers. (today's cynicism may be due to having read TFA of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24290346 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24290346 until the end. > "They conducted a perfunctory investigation ... and he was exonerated. How could such a busy man be expected to read every email he was copied in on? > ... [He] then proceeded to raise a complaint against me for my handling of the investigation in Ashgabat. It was his revenge for having been dragged into the affair.")
  - Nasrudith 6y ago
    Yeah I thought the standard for rogue actor was essentially those who commit the sin of losing when they take a gamble with their discretition as opposed to winners if treason doeth prospor none dare call it treason style essentially.