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[[File:Desirelines.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Desire lines]], yesterday. {{copyright|2014}} Steve Bates]]We should not underestimate the importance of the “want” in that calculus, by the way: there is always a choice ''whom'' to call to progress a given task. [[All other things being equal]], we choose those who we have found to be helpful, co-operative and imaginative over those who tend to be defensive, hostile, boring or stupid. It is reflexive: “no good deed goes unpunished”: over time, popular staff field more calls, get more experience, build better networks and give better outcomes: “want” converges with “need”. ''Lesson: if you want to get ahead, don’t be a dork.''
[[File:Desirelines.jpg|500px|thumb|right|[[Desire lines]], yesterday. {{copyright|2014}} Steve Bates]]We should not underestimate the importance of the “want” in that calculus, by the way: there is always a choice ''whom'' to call to progress a given task. [[All other things being equal]], we choose those who we have found to be helpful, co-operative and imaginative over those who tend to be defensive, hostile, boring or stupid. It is reflexive: “no good deed goes unpunished”: over time, popular staff field more calls, get more experience, build better networks and give better outcomes: “want” converges with “need”. ''Lesson: if you want to get ahead, don’t be a dork.''


In any case, these vital informal communication channels rarely run along the formal lines of the org chart. Why ''would'' they?
In any case, these vital informal communication channels rarely run along the formal lines of the org chart. Why ''would'' they?