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> Every apple that gets pulled from the bushel is rotten and there are a lot of apples left. Yes, that's what happens. If you leave a couple of bad apples in
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
> Every apple that gets pulled from the bushel is rotten and there are a lot of apples left.
Yes, that's what happens. If you leave a couple of bad apples in a barrel they off gas ethylene and spoil every apple in the barrel. You have to regularly get rid of bad apples before they spoil the bunch.
It's such a great metaphor, it's too bad it's so widely misused and misunderstood.
- nerdponx 2y agoAnd importantly, when viewed with this understanding of "organizational ethylene", it's obvious that anyone who resists, obstruct, or disagrees with routine removal of bad apples is probably themselves a bad apple.