Your post comes off as a bit arrogant to be honest, but I think you are essentially right. The most convincing argument is this: > > People won't manage themse

Your post comes off as a bit arrogant to be honest, but I think you are essentially right. The most convincing argument is this: > > People won't manage themselves > They will if you let them. I feel like this is kind of the root of it all. You also mentioned mentorship. Maybe more experienced workers should consult, teach, mentor others to help everyone to become more autonomous, rather than "managing" them. And yes, that means it's people who know how to do the work, have done it in the past and hopefully will do it still. There is value in having people who make high level, strategic decisions, and those typically don't need this kind of level of expertise, but should rather trust their experts. But that's usually not what we mean with "management". You see I strongly believe in autonomy, which is why I have decided for myself to not have managers/bosses anymore. Just clients and colleagues for the time being. There are environments which are deliberately focusing on and enabling autonomy, which is very attractive.