The businesses you speak of are not exactly thriving. The only reason why companies succeed is because they can successfully align a group of people to work as a team.
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These are the largest companies in the world. Apple. General Electric. J.p. morgan.
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I have seen jerks outlast literally everyone, for years, because the good people have options and leave. You can't lie to yourself. This is a systemic, persistent, problem of patriarchal reinforcement of abusive qualities.
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And I say that not to discourage you, because I agree that teamwork should be central. But without a realistic appraisal of the scale of this, the persistence of it, it's impossible to solve it. You have to see it clearly to understand why it's so difficult. Abuse *pays*.
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You are right that this is systematic and lasts for a long time before it is actioned upon, even when it doesn't make sense financially. I do appreciate your honesty and your time. You've given me a lot to think about and learn more about. You are awesome!


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Have any of you read The Gervais Principle by
@vgr? It's the most accurate and insightful look into *why* large organizations scale & endure, by normalizing a certain sociopathy.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ …4 replies 7 retweets 31 likes -
This rings true, good link. I’ve seen some companies avoid this Gervais problem to a degree by being more metric focused and brutally honest about real results. Although, that doesn’t lower the “brilliant jerk” quotient.
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Yes, one thing I haven't seen mentioned yet in my reading (maybe covered in later chapters?) is the effect that strong mission-oriented leadership *can* create an organizational alignment that overcomes the Gervais hierarchy. It's necessary but not sufficient.
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Pournelle’s iron law of bureaucracy suggests this can’t happen. https://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html …
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What people think of as “strong mission-oriented org” one of two things is happening: Either the mission is bullshit B-Corp corporate virtue signaling and is all theater OR there is an asshole at the top, whose jerk qualities are masked under charisma except to direct reports.
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I have never met an org of the first type where the rank-and-file actually buy the bills hit theater. I wrote this about the latter “asshole at the top” syndrome a few years after the fervais series.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2013/09/12/the-exercise-of-authoritah/ …
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