1/ Client of mine has a theory that all orgs have phantom heads: they act like long-gone founders are still there. This is a great insight.
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2/ They are cargo cults built around cryptic-magic people rather than cryptic-magic technology
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3/ This means that post-founder organization is not just an ingrained set of habits adapted to founder style of leadership
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It's worth considering the points made by Simon and Wilson about organizational formation and momentum; I think they full explain this.
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At HP took less than a breath to completely toss the principles of Mr Hewlett and Mr Packard after they left, even when they were alive
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So I suspect this is a function of height of Founders’ values vs ability of tenders after they left. e.g. if my CF & I left prof mgmt/1
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it’s certain that the insane technical excellence we sweat for going after the hard+sublime, will evaporate in months, no matter what/2
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