[ThrowawayR2]

> "Monkey see, monkey do. Monkey see, monkey do. Management is highly unoriginal, and loves to copy what others are doing without thought."

Having seen hordes chasing whatever the latest software industry fashion, fad, and get-rich-quick scheme is for a couple decades now, I'd say software developers are even more "highly unoriginal, and love to copy what others are doing without thought", dohohoho.

[ryandrake]

Spoiler alert! Nearly everyone is monkey-see monkey-do. The number of genuinely original ideas I've encountered during my 25+ year career can probably be counted on at most two hands. In engineering, it's kind of expected: You build off of others' research, implement using safe, known design patterns, stick with what works and is reliable. But in leadership it's poison. Too many companies spend all their time looking at their competitors for ideas of what to do next.