Mao lives
When we deliver at work, who do we do it for, our manager or for a company vision?
More and more companies appear to be tying themselves to an individual. With large companies the influence of these individuals lies in the team they appoint. How much can these top teams do? If we believe the markets then the efforts of the rest of us count for less and less.
The markets then relie on the actions of a few individuals. If the markets like the individual the share price rises. Capitalism is now the cult of the individual. Mao would be proud.
Lenin dealt with a threat like this with an icepick in Trotsky’s head. We need to take an icepick to the personalities in the city. Executives are the custodians of the comany vision and its values.
So long as the two are in line working for the individual makes sense.
Where we get asked to work for someone, I have no problem with this. The minute the two become separate we will get problems. Beware the cult of the personality and its apostles in the city
