Many powerful people think they have a good balance between an inner circle that provides access, information and intellectual support, and a bouncer circle that blocks threats, people and noise.
Many actually only have a pure bouncer circle and don't realize it.
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Anybody who lowers the probability of something getting through, whether or not they have obvious admin or attack dog type personas
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A good emperor must wander the town disguised as a commoner once every two moons. -- ancient Confucious proverb I just made up.
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Wonder if some leaders *cough* Trump *cough* have an entire Truman show created around them by bouncers.
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Interesting variability in effectiveness of that attitude by sector. In software, it is death. In oil and gas, you're probably fine stating within mover-and-shaker bubble at least in the medium term.
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My point is actually that more people's opinions matter in sw than in oil, not that it's younger. In oil, keep a few goons and dictators happy and your job is safe till the next big oil spill.
Would this effectively describe the circumstances of most members of Congress and all board members of Fortune 500 companies?
Advice i had from a programmer in the 1990's.
Always keep an ear to the ground for the next big thing.
If you don't, then your entire skill-set could be made obsolete in 5 years.
If it feels like a treadmill, then you're in the wrong field.
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Cleon I, insulated from the galaxy he ruled, confined to palace grounds, relied entirely on a small group of people for multiply-filtered information.
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