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You've given the typical MBA answer - that link included - and dismissed OP as being "youtfully naive". And perhaps he is, but more naive is you notion of we j

You've given the typical MBA answer - that link included - and dismissed OP as being "youtfully naive". And perhaps he is, but more naive is you notion of we just need to change our beliefs with an article about what "real" leadership looks like. Incentives drive everything! And our financial short term focus squeezing every last drop out of every quarter does not produce long term good quality.

hayst4ck 3y ago
Rickover is about as far from an MBA as you can get, truly. Here is another quote from his speech which agrees with your central point. > One must create the ability in his staff to generate clear, forceful arguments for opposing viewpoints as well as for their own. Open discussions and disagreements must be encouraged, so that all sides of an issue will be fully explored. Further, important issues should be presented in writing. Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one’s arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page. You are violently agreeing with me and Rickover's speech. You should read it. You will like it. Here is another: > A major flaw in our system of government, and even in industry, is the latitude allowed to do less than is necessary. Too often officials are willing to accept and adapt to situations they know to be wrong. The tendency is to downplay problems instead of actively trying to correct them. Recognizing this, many subordinates give up, contain their views within themselves, and wait for others to take action. When this happens, the manager is deprived of the experience and ideas of subordinates who generally are more knowledgeable than he in their particular areas.
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jvans 3y ago
This is the opposite of an MBA answer. MBAs are famous for hand waving over important details and this answer hammers home the point of them
hayst4ck 3y ago
Here is another speech Admiral Rickover gave to congress: https://www.worldfuturefund.org/Articles/rickover.html https://www.worldfuturefund.org/Articles/rickover.html > A preoccupation with the so-called bottom line of profit and loss statements, coupled with a lust for expansion, is creating an environment in which fewer businessmen honor traditional values; where responsibility is increasingly disassociated from the the exercise of power; where skill in financial manipulation is valued more than actual knowledge and experience in the business; where attention and effort is directed mostly to short-term considerations, regardless of longer-range consequences.

hayst4ck 3y ago

Rickover is about as far from an MBA as you can get, truly. Here is another quote from his speech which agrees with your central point. > One must create the ability in his staff to generate clear, forceful arguments for opposing viewpoints as well as for their own. Open discussions and disagreements must be encouraged, so that all sides of an issue will be fully explored. Further, important issues should be presented in writing. Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one’s arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page. You are violently agreeing with me and Rickover's speech. You should read it. You will like it. Here is another: > A major flaw in our system of government, and even in industry, is the latitude allowed to do less than is necessary. Too often officials are willing to accept and adapt to situations they know to be wrong. The tendency is to downplay problems instead of actively trying to correct them. Recognizing this, many subordinates give up, contain their views within themselves, and wait for others to take action. When this happens, the manager is deprived of the experience and ideas of subordinates who generally are more knowledgeable than he in their particular areas.

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jvans 3y ago

This is the opposite of an MBA answer. MBAs are famous for hand waving over important details and this answer hammers home the point of them

hayst4ck 3y ago

Here is another speech Admiral Rickover gave to congress: https://www.worldfuturefund.org/Articles/rickover.html https://www.worldfuturefund.org/Articles/rickover.html > A preoccupation with the so-called bottom line of profit and loss statements, coupled with a lust for expansion, is creating an environment in which fewer businessmen honor traditional values; where responsibility is increasingly disassociated from the the exercise of power; where skill in financial manipulation is valued more than actual knowledge and experience in the business; where attention and effort is directed mostly to short-term considerations, regardless of longer-range consequences.