People who are self-interested get selected up the hierarchy
People who are willing to utilize short-termist ways of looking good get selected up the hierarchy
People who are good at playing internal politics get selected up the hierarchy
So if I imagine a cluster of self-interested, short-term thinking internal-politics-players… yes, I do imagine the culture grows based off of their values rather than those of the company. Good point.
I guess the culture is a function of the sorts of people there, rather than something that’s explicit set from the top-down. I think that was my mistake.
Well, it’s usually an emergent feature of poorly designed incentive systems rather than a deliberate design goal from the top.
The default situation we’re dealing with is:
People who are self-interested get selected up the hierarchy
People who are willing to utilize short-termist ways of looking good get selected up the hierarchy
People who are good at playing internal politics get selected up the hierarchy
So if I imagine a cluster of self-interested, short-term thinking internal-politics-players… yes, I do imagine the culture grows based off of their values rather than those of the company. Good point.
I guess the culture is a function of the sorts of people there, rather than something that’s explicit set from the top-down. I think that was my mistake.