Assholes shake up hive minds
Hive minds create cohesion and work better as teams..but they squash excellence.
Both are needed
Hive minds create cohesion and work better as teams..but they squash excellence.
Both are needed
Sure, assholes can sometimes shake up hive minds. But it doesn't require an asshole to shake up a hive mind and bring excellence.
What it requires...is a leader. Like the article says, someone who can recognize what each person or group actually needs to be brought to excellence, which is not always an asshole.
An asshole.. usually just kinda ends up there and elbows people out of the way. An asshole exists regardless of the organizational culture or the institutional pressures.
Whereas you have to sit around and wait for said organization to bless you with such a leader at their discretion.