It follows: if you've allowed your company to become bureaucratic, you've decided your business no longer requires smart people
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The flip side is that a well run bureaucratic (in the good sense) organization does not REQUIRE a lot of smart people. Some value in that.
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That's a very interesting point. It may be true for some industries, but I'm not sure which, if any.
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The ones closest to being automated. Bureaucracy as a prototype.
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That would also be very interesting. If true it means humans should avoid bureaucratic companies.
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Or make hay. Bureaucratise, automate, profit, repeat. All credit to my 1st ever boss who told me to make myself redundant = a valuable skill
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And the people who try to change things are seen as complainers and are fired.
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Yeah, I tried automating PDF parsing at
@Deloitte
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A larger problem is smart people leaving due to lack of meritocracy which is higher probability during scale up
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When the smart people leave do they ever tell you why? & even if they did who would listen if they are allowed to leave in the first place?
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Feels like a special case of something else you said about how people quietly back away from jerks instead of telling them they’re jerks
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Honestly, people shouldn't ever tell you why they leave. Just an opty to burn bridges & introduce emotion. Play the long game.
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Oh, they'll tell you. You just might not be listening.
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I've argued on
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True of most reasons tbh
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Do you mean they might tell *someone*, but the bureaucracy will prevent you from hearing it?
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They know where they are not needed.
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It's bit of a paradox. I think organizational structure is useful, but improper implementation prevents independent thinking / contribution.
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