Most of the Inner Rings I’ve observed are primarily selected on (1) being able to skilfully violate the explicit local rules to get things done without degrading the structure the rules hold up and (2) being fun to be around, even for long periods and hard work.
Lewis acknowledges that Inner Rings aren’t necessarily bad, and I think the above is a reason why.
Oh, and I also notice that a social manoeuvring game (the game that governs who is admitted) is a task where performance is correlated with performance on (1) and (2)
Most of the Inner Rings I’ve observed are primarily selected on (1) being able to skilfully violate the explicit local rules to get things done without degrading the structure the rules hold up and (2) being fun to be around, even for long periods and hard work.
Lewis acknowledges that Inner Rings aren’t necessarily bad, and I think the above is a reason why.
Oh, and I also notice that a social manoeuvring game (the game that governs who is admitted) is a task where performance is correlated with performance on (1) and (2)