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That's the same with politicians, isn't it? The best people to run a country are those that know what they are doing, but usually tend to have a serious paying
by sph 3y ago
That's the same with politicians, isn't it? The best people to run a country are those that know what they are doing, but usually tend to have a serious paying job, while in practice most people in places of power are career politicians - inept and removed from the real world.
The similarities of a company run by average MBAs and a country run by career politicians is a concept sadly not explored very much, for how topical and catastrophic it is.
- ethanbond 3y agoA huge part of the job of running a country is politicking though. That’s how policies are created and agreed upon in states (by design).
- sph 3y agoA huge part of being a manager in a large company is basically playing politics, but the point of the article (and common knowledge at this point) is that great managers excel in other skills rather than just "politicking." My bias might be showing, but what is politicking other than being in the same room with "influential" people, exchanging favours and licking boots when necessary? One would agree that a great manager does more than just appeasing their boss and trying to climb the ladder of power.
- brayhite 3y agoBy no means am I defending it per se, but you’re grossly oversimplifying. That’d be akin to saying “what is sales other than sending a bunch of emails, sharing benefits pamphlets, and taking commission cuts when necessary?”
- skyde 3y agoPlease Enlighten me because this sound exactly like what sales is. Like being real estate agent are just like car salesmen that happen to sell house instead of car. They show you the product try to use your emotion to manipulate you into buying it and collect a commission :-)
- lubujackson 3y agoNot OP (or in sales), but I'll bite. First - who are you selling to? Does your product fit their needs or are you wasting everyone's time? How do you find who to sell to? Is there a feature that keeps getting requested that you can bubble up to the product team? How do you close a sale, or even know who the decision maker is? Is the price too high or too low? Is there a way to work around financing or timing issues? There is a lot that goes into sales that bleeds into product, marketing and user experience. Not every sale needs all this attention but a salesman needs some sense of all these things to make those extra sales and not waste extra time/money on dead ends. Flip side would be saying making websites is just making product designs clickable and tying all expected functionality together. Technically true, but it ignores scaling, user flow, bugs, logging, robustness, optimization, etc. When something looks simple you may be looking too narrowly at something that connects to lots of other areas.
- wdh505 3y agoKnowledge is fractal. It looks complete from a distance, but if you get close, there are always holes and work around for each one.
- ethanbond 3y agoWell sure, which is why elections provide an (imperfect) counter to that strategy.
- jesterson 3y ago> The best people to run a country are those that know what they are doing Oh they know alright what they are doing. It's just has nothing to do with what they are saying, nor with your or mine best interest in mind.
- sph 3y agoI actually agree with you, I didn't want to go full anarchist with my comment. No one gets into positions of power for selfless love of the people and undying belief in the res publica, or if they do, they don't go too far in their career.
- euroderf 3y agoRunning local government can be assigned by lottery, in the manner of jury duty. How about CEOs too ? Select people by lot from the shop floor / cubicle farm. Then stand back and watch the magic happen.