tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post2313983324358943268..comments2023-03-26T01:02:06.760-07:00Comments on The Fearless Heart: Myths of Power-With: # 3 - The Maligning of Hierarchy Miki Kashtanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-5190348490578880952013-02-20T07:08:46.899-08:002013-02-20T07:08:46.899-08:00“...it’s not so much that power corrupts; it’s tha...“...it’s not so much that power corrupts; it’s that power provides the possibility of carrying out urges that we might have anyway, regardless of our access to power.”<br /><br />This concept also holds true for wealth. The delusion, that amassing one’s own personal wealth is the answer to life’s problems and the route to abiding peace and happiness, is not exclusive to so-called rich people. Ron Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-26943415696762502162013-02-17T07:23:37.094-08:002013-02-17T07:23:37.094-08:00Miki, I particularly appreciated your perspective ...Miki, I particularly appreciated your perspective regarding the practical place of hierarchy in society. My own negativity toward hierarchy began after reading “The Peter Perscription” by Laurence J. Peter, whose famous “Principle” I define as: In a hierarchical-thinking society, one will tend to rise to the level of his or her incompetence. <br /><br />Problems that appear to stem from Ron Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-81298913080468225682013-02-15T14:53:43.848-08:002013-02-15T14:53:43.848-08:00Two links/methods of interest here . . .
One is w...Two links/methods of interest here . . . <br />One is www.functionalconsensus.org <br />and the other is the "Valve Handbook" which is an extremely successful, large company that operates on an interesting model of organization such as the above.<br />http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/21/2964991/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-leak<br />Randy<br />Randall Graysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071055227769566225noreply@blogger.com