Am I the only one here who doesn't understand posts like these? Anyone who's had a job or read a Dilbert comic once or twice can come up with lists like these.
The difficult part is doing all of it right.*
Look, I appreciate the history here, but nothing in the article ties back to actual planned sabotage. Do companies actually do this? Are top managers paid by competitors to break the companies they run? I mean, nearly all items on this list require C-level executive powers to effectively implement.
In all honesty, it feels to me like this article is more about how happy Stross is about his career change than anything else. That's a perfectly good topic, but can we turn this around? What's good, actionable, advice for (aspiring) managers, founders and employees? What's the oppposite of active sabotage? And can we encourage active, constructive anti-sabotage without becoming a creepy cult?
*) HN used to have lots of submissions about how to run companies right. Is it just me, or have those disappeared somewhat?
The difficult part is doing all of it right.*
Look, I appreciate the history here, but nothing in the article ties back to actual planned sabotage. Do companies actually do this? Are top managers paid by competitors to break the companies they run? I mean, nearly all items on this list require C-level executive powers to effectively implement.
In all honesty, it feels to me like this article is more about how happy Stross is about his career change than anything else. That's a perfectly good topic, but can we turn this around? What's good, actionable, advice for (aspiring) managers, founders and employees? What's the oppposite of active sabotage? And can we encourage active, constructive anti-sabotage without becoming a creepy cult?
*) HN used to have lots of submissions about how to run companies right. Is it just me, or have those disappeared somewhat?