Been perusing Executive Leadership. Jaques says about our work being important:
The simple fact is that managerial organizations have become the most important of the social institutions of the modern free enterprise democratic society.
Consider their impact. In the economically developed nations anywhere from 75% to over 90% of those who work for a living, do so [...]

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Of course, the whole idea of professionals having this higher form of knowledge leads to the issue of how it is best transmitted. Most firms want training — “how to” lessons. The problem is that what they need is learning opportunities, which are quite different.
L used to be a professor (before retiring early) and [...]

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Why the hell hasn’t anyone ever told me about Elliott Jaques?! This stuff is gold, like seeing the world from the air for the first time.

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Phreaking. Phreaking. Phreaking.

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Sure, the two mix quite a bit: you get profs becoming consultants or doing consulting in the 20%. (You have to do 80% of your time dedicated to the university, I’ve been told, but you can use the other 20% to do what you want.) And consultants often teach a class or end up [...]

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You’re never going to burn bright when your goal is to not get your fingers burnt.

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