[datavirtue]

Most people have discarded his ideas and success as toxic waste but a lot of people are still drooling over Jack Welch. "A good manager can manage anything!" ...and similar pronouncements. People learned this years ago in the context of unquestioned success. And like the rapidly changing circumstances usually involved with things like communicable disease spread and business in general, these people have not updated their understanding in light of new information and so continue to act on the aforementioned "wisdom."

Who can blame them. They got an A for repeating what the professor repeated.

[blackpowder12]

Virtually all aspects of western society is being eroded by the “management is a job-skill” type thinking. I expect that eventually we will stop doing this simply because it’s complete nonsense and clearly counter productive.

Look at the difference between Elon Musk’s two companies and their ability to execute vs their rivals. The amount of value that was created because of an engineer led is so vast - it’s hard to even quantify.