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Given, for all their pained protestations to the contrary, any commercial organisation is a [[self-perpetuating autocracy]] we should expect a great deal ''less'' licence given to untrammeled free speech in every day practice than is virtue-signaled by the boss in his daily lectures on the telescreen. People who survive for a time in an organsation are shaped and enculturatred by it. They do not so much ''learn'' not to call bullshit, but are self-selected for their disposition ''not'' to call bullshit. They, in turn, are part of the recruitment process — almost everyone is part of the recruitment process somehow — and they select people who are a “good cultural fit” — that is, disinclined to call bullshit.  
Given, for all their pained protestations to the contrary, any commercial organisation is a [[self-perpetuating autocracy]] we should expect a great deal ''less'' licence given to untrammeled free speech in every day practice than is [[Virtue-signalling|virtue-signaled]] by the boss in his daily lectures on the telescreen.  


Thus, not calling bullshit is not actively repressed in the organisation. People are not punished for calling bullshit: they just don’t. It is ''bred out of them''.
People who survive for a time in an organisation are shaped and enculturated by it. They do not so much ''learn'' not to call bullshit, but are self-selected for their disposition for it ''not to occur to them'' to call bullshit.
 
Such “brand ambassadors” in turn, are a crucial part of the recruitment process — almost ''everyone'' is part of the recruitment process somehow — and so they select people who are a “good cultural fit” — that is, ''disinclined to call bullshit or even notice it''.
 
To be clear, “calling bullshit” is not ''actively'' repressed in the organisation — to the contrary, the executive will implore their people to do so at every opportunity, and may even mean it. For people are not punished for calling bullshit: they just ''don’t''. It is ''bred out of them''.


Thus, organisations thrive and flourish despite, and not because of, their internal governance.
Thus, organisations thrive and flourish despite, and not because of, their internal governance.
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*[[Consultation]]
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*[[Otto’s razor]]: don’t assume malice where incompetence is an equally good explanation.
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Revision as of 14:46, 2 November 2022

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It is not the done thing to call bullshit in a professional setting.

Given, for all their pained protestations to the contrary, any commercial organisation is a self-perpetuating autocracy we should expect a great deal less licence given to untrammeled free speech in every day practice than is virtue-signaled by the boss in his daily lectures on the telescreen.

People who survive for a time in an organisation are shaped and enculturated by it. They do not so much learn not to call bullshit, but are self-selected for their disposition for it not to occur to them to call bullshit.

Such “brand ambassadors” in turn, are a crucial part of the recruitment process — almost everyone is part of the recruitment process somehow — and so they select people who are a “good cultural fit” — that is, disinclined to call bullshit or even notice it.

To be clear, “calling bullshit” is not actively repressed in the organisation — to the contrary, the executive will implore their people to do so at every opportunity, and may even mean it. For people are not punished for calling bullshit: they just don’t. It is bred out of them.

Thus, organisations thrive and flourish despite, and not because of, their internal governance.

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