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Yet our institutions — even those with a [[Humble|humble-bragging]] D&I directorate — are singularly resistant in practice to this idea. | Yet our institutions — even those with a [[Humble|humble-bragging]] D&I directorate — are singularly resistant in practice to this idea. | ||
*[[Legal department]]s are populated not just by lawyers, but by lawyers educated at Russell Group universities | *[[Legal department]]s are populated not just by lawyers, but by lawyers educated at Oxbridge and Russell Group universities and trained at [[magic circle law firm|magic circle]] firms, at which they have had a singular, ''batshit crazy'', view of the world beaten into them. Plus they think saying things like “oh no my deal’s gone [[pear-shaped]]” is for some reason funny. | ||
:*There are no [[Behavioural psychology|behavioural psychologists]], no marketers, no [[Complexity theory|complexity theorists]] among them. All of these disciplines have meaningful things to say about the management of contractual relations. | :*There are no [[Behavioural psychology|behavioural psychologists]], no marketers, no [[Complexity theory|complexity theorists]] among them. All of these disciplines have meaningful things to say about the management of contractual relations. | ||
:*There may be a [[chief operating officer]], but she will be an accountant with an [[MBA]], a postgraduate degree singularly [[calculated]] to render an otherwise useful professional calling into an amorphous morass of hackneyed outsourcing strategies. She will fret that there are too many men in management roles, as if a few more female Russell Group graduate, [[Allen & Overy]] alumni would make any difference. | :*There may be a [[chief operating officer]], but she will be an accountant with an [[MBA]], a postgraduate degree singularly [[calculated]] to render an otherwise useful professional calling into an amorphous morass of hackneyed outsourcing strategies. She will fret that there are too many men in management roles, as if a few more female Russell Group graduate, [[Allen & Overy]] alumni would make any difference. | ||
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*Inability to produce alternative solutions: if everyone around the table came from McKinsey, they’ll tend to apply the same techniques and approach problems the same way | *Inability to produce alternative solutions: if everyone around the table came from McKinsey, they’ll tend to apply the same techniques and approach problems the same way | ||
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*[[Complexity]] | *[[Complexity]] | ||
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