Comments on: Management Lessons From Bob Gates http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/07/17/management-lessons-from-bob-gates/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Endymion http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/07/17/management-lessons-from-bob-gates/#comment-11584 Endymion Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:11:42 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/07/17/management-lessons-from-bob-gates/#comment-11584 <p>“You treat the bureaucracy like an enemy and they’ll treat you like one and undermine your shit. You enlist them, they cooperate.”<br /> Not just good counterinsurgency, it’s also the aspect of Obama’s governing philosophy that pisses off his activist base all the time.</p> “You treat the bureaucracy like an enemy and they’ll treat you like one and undermine your shit. You enlist them, they cooperate.”
Not just good counterinsurgency, it’s also the aspect of Obama’s governing philosophy that pisses off his activist base all the time.

]]> By: mikeyhemlok http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/07/17/management-lessons-from-bob-gates/#comment-11582 mikeyhemlok Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:35:05 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/07/17/management-lessons-from-bob-gates/#comment-11582 <p>Much as it annoys me to admit it, the addition of a profit motive is what drives businesses to be more nimble, flexible and forward-looking than government.</p> <p>I HATE the meme that government is by definition incompetent or even inefficient, but there has to be some generally accepted overarching motivation to do excellent work from top to bottom, and the competing political motivations inherent in government seem to be architected to prevent that…</p> <p>mikey</p> Much as it annoys me to admit it, the addition of a profit motive is what drives businesses to be more nimble, flexible and forward-looking than government.

I HATE the meme that government is by definition incompetent or even inefficient, but there has to be some generally accepted overarching motivation to do excellent work from top to bottom, and the competing political motivations inherent in government seem to be architected to prevent that…

mikey

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