[cutemonster]

> jobs where the bosses bosses boss does know the job

Doesn't make sense.

With 7 - 10 reports per manager, that means the higher up boss or CEO should know how to do the jobs of 350 - 1000 different people. (7*7*7)

[HWR_14]

If you promote up, and you have 3 levels, then the CEO should have done the exact job of 3 people below him on his ascent.

[sosborn]

Hard disagree. Would it be helpful? Sure. But a good boss just needs to know when to trust the judgement and opinions of his subordinates.

Trouble comes when they don’t understand the work, but make decisions as if they do.

[benrutter]

Hypothetically, those jobs could all be very similar if your company did more or less one thing lots, like managing a whole bunch of plumbing contractor teams.

This is pretty far from the original example though.