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For some reason I find this topic fascinating, and at the same time I feel completely hopeless in navigating in any of it. What do you think of The Gervais Pri

For some reason I find this topic fascinating, and at the same time I feel completely hopeless in navigating in any of it. What do you think of The Gervais Principle? 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... High Status = Sociopath, Low Status = Losers destined for Cluelessness?

kyllo 12y ago
Ha. michaelochurch almost literally wrote a book about the Gervais Principle, see his 26-part blog series on the topic: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/gervais-macleod-26-r-and-k-selection-in-organizations-and-capitalism/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/gervais-macle... And I don't think there are really any Losers destined for Cluelessness. The Clueless are the people who don't understand office politics, or think they can climb the career ladder simply by working hard and being loyal employees (not through strategic social climbing). Losers are people who understand and see the ladder there but choose not to be social climbers. They gossip, do crossword puzzles, punch out and go spend time with their kids. There are lots of Clueless destined to become Losers once they get burned out and realize what's up. Once you've learned that you can't unlearn it.
michaelochurch 12y ago
High status: Sociopath. Low status people tend to divide into three camps: delusional, apathetic, and confrontational. Low status, delusional: Clueless. Low status, apathetic: Losers. The confrontational ones either (a) learn how to play the game and become Sociopaths, (b) consciously develop apathy and learn how to slack and become losers, or (c) continue raging until they're expelled/fired from the organization.