[arethuza]

Ribbonfarm has an excellent set of articles on the real world dynamics of organisations (starting with the sociopath/clueless/loser categorisation) but also introduces various kinds of "language" used:

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-i...

"If you’re not scared, you’re not focused" sounds like "Babytalk" - the language that sociopaths and losers use to speak to the clueless - who actually take these statements at face value.

[creamyhorror]

Part I of the series: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

It's a great, intriguing read - certainly one that was genuinely new and unexpected to me.

[hef19898]

I finished to read the whole series so far. And it#s just plain impressive! While you can certainly argue some of its points, you can witness most of the points in real live.

Funny to classify co-wokers and bosses accordingly. or not so fun, that depends... :-)

Certainly one of the best reads on organizational psychology I know.