Mastodawn

Advantagement is an experimental sub-3,500-word short story.

https://ridleypark.blog/2026/02/16/advantagement-behind-the-story/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

The experiment is language, but I don't stop there. I share the story on my blog, and here is a piece that discusses the inspiration.

#philosophy #managementtheory #writing #shortstory #language #victorianlondon #detectives #missing #promotions #mentorship #competency #genderroles #society #culture #satire #adsurdism #clues

Quick Quotes Nov 7

“Some team members act as adhesives to unite the team.”
― Rajen Jani

#Bot #Quote #Anger #Change #Communication #Conflict #Customer #Improvement #Inspirational #Knowledge #Leadership #ManagementTheory #Motivation #Performance #Problem #Quality #Relationship #Sales #Strategy #Success #Team #Time #Training #Work

Philosophics Nov 6

I address the issue of trust in the AI-surveillance age. Trust in the workforce is all over the map. Typically, surveys try to assess employees' trust in companies. What we don't see as often is leadership's trust in employees. Of course, one doesn't need a survey for this – actions speak louder than words.
👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/06/return-to-theory-x-the-age-of-artificial-slavery/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#management #leadership #automation #trust #wfh #rto #tarot #employeeengagement #workplaceengagement #managementtheory #surveys #hbr #culture #philosophy #psychology

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Mix Mistress Alice💄Dec 12, 2024

@fesshole In hope that the newly found job doesn't have equally creepy 'management' practices, which is a rare occurrence since the Nazis pioneered modern management theory.

#nazism #management #history #modernmanagement #managementtheory

Eric Maugendre on collectives Oct 7, 2024

Let's mean "Losers in the economic sense: those who have […] traded freedom for a paycheck in short. […] Losers have two ways out, which we’ll get to later: turning Sociopath or turning into bare-minimum performers. The Losers destined for cluelessness do not have a choice."

Venkatesh Rao: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/

#workCollectives #workPlace #office #managementTheory #sociality #organisations #management #organizations #firms #workCulture #power #negotiating #VenkateshRao #Rao #quotes #Losers

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

mtp Sep 12, 2024

necro-reorging: the act of resurrecting a dead organizational unit's name for a new organizational unit.

Bonus points if the resurrected OU is compositionally and functionally indiscernible from the deceased one.

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Staking my historical claim on this neologism. I've seen this several times in my career, and it happened with an extremely unique OU name a second time today.

#CorpSpeak
#ManagementTheory

Itamar Medeiros Dec 11, 2022

Fads, styles, and modes #management have come and gone – along with the dominance of technology not even conceivable in #statistician #WEDeming’s day – yet it remains a good idea not to lose sight of what #Deming taught us. #ManagementTheory #Leadership https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2022/12/10/modern-application-of-some-old-thoughts/

Modern Application Of Some Old Thoughts

Fads, styles, and modes management have come and gone – along with the dominance of technology not even conceivable in Deming’s day – yet it remains a good idea not to lose sight of what Deming taught us.

Forbes