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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

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The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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    I read this when it first came out in 2009.

    Vao makes his money as a c-suite coach, so I doubt that he’s a fellow traveler.

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      Same. The idea that organizations create a barrier of clueless acolytes to shield the sociopaths at the top from the workers at the bottom makes a lot of sense. I tried to read the whole book he made out of these essays but it wasn’t as great as the main ideas.

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        Hah. What are the changes of this coincidence.

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      still entertaining, and does describe how large corps work internally fairly accurately based on my experience

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        The stuff about corporate “power-speak”, where the sociopaths start using certain phrases for their power-games and larger selfish strategies, and the clueless layer try to imitate them but without knowing why, is something I experienced at every workplace.

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          yeah same here, the whole thing is incredibly relatable

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        It’s a very good piece. I read about half of his book, Tempo: Timing, Tactics and Strategy in Narrative-Driven Decision-Making, though I remember almost none of it now.

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          Ah, I never read the book. Sounds like it could be entertaining.

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            https://mega.nz/file/K7BnBIob#TmFn8axPIJ2h1d8b3dGqmrr_0wTN8VCkUiB9LtoqOPQ

            I stopped reading because I wasn’t sure how much smoke he might have been blowing up my ass at the time, and I don’t remember enough to say now without reading it again.

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              nice thanks!

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    fuck ricky gervais to be clear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqma3rx-xI

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