The Death Of Management
With hindsight, we can see the absurdity. We don’t imagine a winning football coach switching to basketball, nor a concert pianist becoming a symphony violinist. We don’t think an orthopedic surgeon would automatically make a good psychiatrist. We recognize that differences in talent, temperament, knowledge and experience make some people good at some things and not at others. Somehow, managers were supposed to be immune to this logic. They aren’t, of course....