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user-inactivated  ·  2758 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You don’t have to be stupid to work here, but it helps | Aeon Essays

    In our own research, we found that most employees in knowledge-intensive firms didn’t need much leadership. People working at the coalface were self-motivated and often knew their jobs much better than their bosses did. Their superiors’ cack-handed attempts to be leaders were often seen as a pointless distraction from the real work.

Yes.