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Archive for November 21st, 2011

Cures for the Deadening Effect of Corporate Jobs

Posted by: duckandgather on: November 21, 2011

My last post might have seemed like quite a downer. Basic point of it is an observation that, broadly speaking, corporate jobs seem to deaden us over time, reducing our natural capacity for curiosity, learning, growth, and transformation. Assuming that this observation is sound, the obvious next question is: What can we employees of large corporations [...]

The Deadening Effect of Monolithic Hierarchy

Posted by: duckandgather on: November 21, 2011

This is a long post. To save you reading all the gory details, let me first deliver these ideas in the form of a tweet: Corporations are zombies. The longer we work for them, the more we become like them, and less like the children we once were. Now tweets are not exactly the best [...]

Monolithic Hierarchy

Posted by: duckandgather on: November 21, 2011

In my last post, I introduced the notion of “rigid, monolithic hierarchy” as a way of defining OWS (i.e. what that movement opposes). I figured I ought to spend a few words drilling down on that concept. Accordingly, I start by pruning the term “rigid”. The phrase “rigid monolith” is redundant. All monoliths are rigid. [...]


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