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The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office”

Venkatesh Rao ribbonfarm.com

Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

Dan Lyons

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Seth Godin Hates Being Organized

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The Gervais Principle: The Complete Series, with a Bonus Essay on Office Space (Ribbonfarm Roughs Book 2)

Venkatesh Rao

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I think these roles point to something a bit broader: the need for more generalist, or at least outlier, roles in organizations.

arbesman.substack.com • ☞ Outlier Roles in Venture Capital (and other Organizations)

☞ Outlier Roles in Venture Capital (and other Organizations)

Samuel Arbesman arbesman.substack.com

The Era Of The Business Idiot

Edward Zitron wheresyoured.at

our hope at work may be for a quiet corner out of the mainstream rush of a world that refuses any longer to play fair. Knowing we may be left behind in the fiery rush of the company as it lifts off for another continent, the very deadness of an organization may seem like a welcome respite when faced with the swift-moving nature of postmodern busine

David Whyte • The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

In light of the corporate scandals of the last decade, some would add that the most obvious shadow of the modern organization is individual and collective greed.