What is with all the cult/religious/military terminology turning up in software development these days? Squad, ritual, tenet; one day management will be asking us to remember to bring in our robes for the Thursday morning sacrifice...
(They would then sew the head back on so the sacrificial chicken would be ready for next time.)
My point is: I guess this is nothing new.
ten·et /ˈtenət/
noun
a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.
"the tenets of a democratic society"Is it that groups of people are inherently stupid, or is there some facet of corporations that makes them in particular stupid?
Furthermore, since dysfunctional organizations aren't quickly removed, the reality is usually a lot worse than the ideal. Depending on how much slack there is in the arena of competition there can be almost no limit on how dysfunctional small pockets, or even large slices, of the organization can become without leading to the death of the host.
You can substitute the individual leader for a group whose consensus must be obtained and get another parable illustrating the same principle.
And are we sure that there really are A+B tasks?
* hierarchy
* competition between people in the same tier of the hierarchy
* opposing incentives throughout the hierarchy (company aims to maximize employee labor and minimize employee compensation and; employees minimize their labor and maximize their compensation)
Left alone, this results in a lot of the stupidity, and that's why "building culture" is so important - a good company culture transcends this perverse base nature.
Be interesting to collect data on how these trends change over time.