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What do executives do, anyway? (2019) (apenwarr.ca)
1 point by mooreds on Feb 16, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> An executive with 8,000 indirect reports and 2000 hours of work in a year can afford to spend, at most, 15 minutes per year per person in their reporting hierarchy.

Assume a uniform distribution why. Assume 1-on-1 communication why. The whole premise is flawed.

> How can anyone make any important decision in a company that large? They will always be the least informed person in the room, no matter what the topic.

The obvious rebuttal is that decisions are made in a context and they require judgement. Judgement isn't a deductive process.




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