I never want to manage employees. I think that model is broken and perpetuates wage slavery. Similarly, I think the concept of "leadership" is primitive -- wh

I never want to manage employees. I think that model is broken and perpetuates wage slavery. Similarly, I think the concept of "leadership" is primitive -- why is it a given that someone else is going to make our decisions for us? Or, being a leader, why should I want to be "in charge of" other thinking, autonomous human beings? So I'm not surprised when I hear yet another "bad manager" story. The organizational structure itself is the problem. Almost all innovation comes instead from individuals or small groups of co-equals; the startup model of equals cooperating is the source of practically all progress. When founders try to turn that into a big company, they choose a model for stagnation -- trying to preserve things as they are. (This is akin to the folly of the Elves in LOTR.) That is, they start out with some actual innovation, but then they try to hold onto a worldview in which it remains at the top, even as the world is changing around them. In trying to sell it as long as possible, even when it is no longer new or cutting-edge, they will fight to stop change, including progress -- competition -- by controlling markets or channels rather than continuing to innovate. I am going to keep my startup small, human-wise, and automate instead of employ.