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The modern executive is symbolic: what gets rewarded is the appearance of doing work rather than any output anyone can measure.

Drawn from what Ed Zitron said

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management Running the place: an executive's calendar, dissent, severance, and what a manager is actually for.

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

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  1. Ed Zitron

    Writer and public-relations executive

    We live in the era of the symbolic executive, when "being good at stuff" matters far less than the appearance of doing stuff, where "what's useful" is dictated not by outputs or metrics that one can measure but rather the vibes passed between managers and executives that have worked their entire careers to escape the world of work.

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