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Sadly, the theorists missed a key aspect of the fabric of reality: the Principle of Obliquity.2 In complex social situations, objectives are often best accomplished obliquely, not directly. Central planning is not the most effective way to run an economy. Frontal assault is rarely the best military strategy. The best way to become prime minister or president isn’t necessarily to declare that intent. The direct pursuit of happiness is not the best way to achieve happiness. And in business, the single-minded direct pursuit of profit isn’t necessarily the best way to make a profit.
The Age of Agile
Stephen DENNING
As members of a particular family, they want their children to have every privilege. But at the same time they are opposed to privilege for anyone else's children. They desire equal opportunity for everyone else's children, extra for their own.
The Rise of the Meritocracy
Michael Young
“I told them I expect disagreement with my decisions at the time we’re trying to make decisions, and that’s a sign of organizational health,” he told me. “After the decisions are made, we want compliance and support, but we have permission to fight a little bit about those things in a professional way.”
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