[Simon_O_Rourke]

You could fit in most senior directors, consultants and sales VPs into that bucket comfortably.

[rbanffy]

Organisations have evolved to deal with them. In fact, all the rules and procedures, checks and compliance procedures are there precisely to allow the organisation to survive despite its members.

[xtiansimon]

What new concept evolves society the mental-immunity necessary to survive these radically destructive _ideas_? (Ie. corporations are people)

If revolution is the old answer to oppressive organizations together with its tragic loss of life, then… where’s our cure for cancer?

[rbanffy]

Companies are not people, but they certainly are highly evolved collective organisms that extract resources from the rest of the ecosystem.

[Esophagus4]

Ok, I’ll bite - why sales VPs?

[Simon_O_Rourke]

Mediocre sales leaders I've found treat pipeline stagnation as a motivation problem rather than fixing the underlying issues with training, lead qualification, or sales collateral. Previous company had a sales pipeline tanking, and the "brilliant" Sales VP thought bringing forward a sales off-site to get the best performing reps together to motivate them. Net result, pipeline tanks further, VP waits a few months and leaves, and the reps all get upset at missing their targets for a full quarter.