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Every Worker Should Be C.E.O. of Something (nytimes.com)
25 points by peter123 on Jan 30, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



On the surface, it has all the makings of a neat sitcom episode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promotion_%28The_Office%29

To spoil it for you, the Oscar character summarizes it as: "Look, it doesn't take a genius to know that every organization thrives when it has two leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would Catholicism be, without the popes."


This has been my approach--I'm not pinkus, but the individuals on the teams I've run have all had specific areas of responsibility over which they have absolute control. In that area, I was their assistant and nothing more.




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