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Note: This is not an original thought. It's the premise of "The Office", or something like that. But it's worth considering.YMMV. CEO>Manager>Employee == Soc
by 001sky 13y ago
Note: This is not an original thought. It's the premise of "The Office", or something like that. But it's worth considering.YMMV.
CEO>Manager>Employee
==
Sociopath>Incompetent>Suckers
TLDR:
Manager<=>Incompetent
In other words, from a game theory perspective, being a (mid-level) manager (in a hierachy) is an unstable equilibrium for a vast majority of situations. Truly excellent companies have deeper benches of talent (or are structured in ways that compensate, ie. they are more "flat")
- arethuza 13y agoAlso known as the Sociopath-Clueless-Loser hierarchy: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...
- yiedyie 13y agoI was thinking of ribbonfarm too
- AndrewKemendo 13y agoThank you for this link it is really interesting and I had never seen it before!