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Re:Design Patterns for Managing Up by Arubis on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:29AM (#19006655)
I’d recommend the works of Venkatesh Rao: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/be-slightly-evil/
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Re:Design Patterns for Managing Up by andyidsinga on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:54PM (#19008077)
absolutely this! Gervais principle is a very valuable (and entertaining) way to decode what is going on in the organization.

The one bit of advice I would give to someone trying to use Gervais to understand someone in the organization's motivations : just because they may act according to Gervais doesn't mean they are bad or evil or broken in some way.

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