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[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago
[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

I feel like Ed is underselling the degree to which this is just how businesses work now. The emphasis on growth mindset is particularly gross because of how it sells the CEOs book, but it's not unique in trying to find a feel-good vibes-based way to evaluate performance rather than relying on strict metrics that give management less power over their direct reports.

Of course he's also written at length about the overall problem that this feeds into (organizations run by people with no idea how to make the business do what it does but who can make the number go up for shareholders) but the most unique part of this is the AI integration, which is legitimately horrifying and I feel like the debunk of growth mindset takes some of the sting away.

[-] sinedpick@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

Amazon has a similar cult-y thing going on with its ✨leadership principles✨, but this seems worse.

[-] saucerwizard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

Didn’t corporations used to use landmark and shit like that?

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