As a CEO in a corporation, I saw this happen many times. The decision maker needs input, positive and negative and then willing to stand behind that decision, not hide behind the committee that gave him the input. This is one reason governments frequently fail unless you have a strong person willing to take the 'hit.' That politician is looking to get reelected, not make the best decision sometimes. Good perspective Joe.
Now we have a situation in which committees are rarely actually dedicated to solving the problems they're focused on (they're focused rather on safety, or following rules, or generating funds or grant money) and the old hierarchies have been thoroughly feminized. Men can't rise through them like they used to (based on leadership, or results), and women are more agreeable, and generally leery of making individual decisions (and bearing the reputational costs of mistakes) and so we end up with a society with lots of activity, programs, meetings, initiatives... not nothing gets solved. Nothing gets built. Nothing improves.
Modern bureaucracies fear solutions, they fear decisive individual action, and they fear courage. The incentives of the modern bureaucracy are the incentives of our civilization, at least for now.
Modern bureaucracy fears solutions is a GREAT line. I look at the issue of homelessness in California and thats a perfect example. Billions spent, thousands of jobs created, and the problem just gets worse.
As a CEO in a corporation, I saw this happen many times. The decision maker needs input, positive and negative and then willing to stand behind that decision, not hide behind the committee that gave him the input. This is one reason governments frequently fail unless you have a strong person willing to take the 'hit.' That politician is looking to get reelected, not make the best decision sometimes. Good perspective Joe.
Nailed it Frank. Thanks for reading!
Now we have a situation in which committees are rarely actually dedicated to solving the problems they're focused on (they're focused rather on safety, or following rules, or generating funds or grant money) and the old hierarchies have been thoroughly feminized. Men can't rise through them like they used to (based on leadership, or results), and women are more agreeable, and generally leery of making individual decisions (and bearing the reputational costs of mistakes) and so we end up with a society with lots of activity, programs, meetings, initiatives... not nothing gets solved. Nothing gets built. Nothing improves.
Modern bureaucracies fear solutions, they fear decisive individual action, and they fear courage. The incentives of the modern bureaucracy are the incentives of our civilization, at least for now.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/feminism-as-entitlement-pt-4
Modern bureaucracy fears solutions is a GREAT line. I look at the issue of homelessness in California and thats a perfect example. Billions spent, thousands of jobs created, and the problem just gets worse.
Well said, couldn’t agree more with your premise. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for reading Wen