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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Universities would be better run by business leaders than by academics the faculty approves of. Universities would be better run bybusiness leaders than by academics thefaculty approves of. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Feb 2024 BA Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Harvard's governance is broken because its self-perpetuating board can never be rebalanced from outside. — tap to centre the map on it Harvard's governance is brokenbecause its self-perpetuating boardcan never be rebalanced fromoutside. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Feb 2024 BA Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Universities are too busy accommodating conservative interests to be able to indoctrinate anyone into Marxist ideology. — tap to centre the map on it Universities are too busyaccommodating conservative intereststo be able to indoctrinate anyoneinto Marxist ideology. Last stated 2 days ago 20 Oct 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Academia has serious problems, but they are not as catastrophic as they look from outside it. — tap to centre the map on it Academia has serious problems, butthey are not as catastrophic as theylook from outside it. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Aug 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Practitioners must think for themselves, because business school professors and even Harvard Business Review cannot be counted on for sound arguments. — tap to centre the map on it Practitioners must think forthemselves, because business schoolprofessors and even Harvard BusinessReview cannot be counted on forsound arguments. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 RM Roger Martin — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Models have no research taste yet, which is why they complement researchers rather than replace them. — tap to centre the map on it Models have no research taste yet,which is why they complementresearchers rather than replacethem. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world is shaped by how consistently incompetent governance is, and competent governance would remake it — tap to centre the map on it The world is shaped by howconsistently incompetent governanceis, and competent governance wouldremake it Last stated 6 months ago 25 Apr 2026 RH Robin Hanson — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no correct heuristic for science, so what you need is many independent research programmes each running its own bias. — tap to centre the map on it There is no correct heuristic forscience, so what you need is manyindependent research programmes eachrunning its own bias. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A university ought to be a place of free inquiry, and the better it does its other duties the more surely it will be — tap to centre the map on it A university ought to be a place offree inquiry, and the better it doesits other duties the more surely itwill be Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI favours tiny teams of high-agency individual contributors with blurred roles, and the coordinating manager is not needed until it is time to polish. — tap to centre the map on it AI favours tiny teams of high-agencyindividual contributors with blurredroles, and the coordinating manageris not needed until it is time topolish. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Mar 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-branded layoffs are not about AI; they are about badly run companies putting an AI label on having hired too many people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-branded layoffs are not about AI;they are about badly run companiesputting an AI label on having hiredtoo many people. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: An engineering manager should support six to eight engineers: fewer and they drift into being a tech lead, more and they can only be a coach. — tap to centre the map on it An engineering manager shouldsupport six to eight engineers:fewer and they drift into being atech lead, more and they can only bea coach. Last stated 8 years ago 14 Jul 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A portfolio that could be one-shotted, or that looks very familiar next to someone else's, is going to put hiring managers off. — tap to centre the map on it A portfolio that could beone-shotted, or that looks veryfamiliar next to someone else's, isgoing to put hiring managers off. Last stated 3 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: An obsession with titles is what will screw people over. — tap to centre the map on it An obsession with titles is whatwill screw people over. Last stated 6 months ago 14 Apr 2026 BL Brian Lovin — holds since 2026-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Better organizations recruit more effectively, because most people want to work for a high-quality organization — tap to centre the map on it Better organizations recruit moreeffectively, because most peoplewant to work for a high-qualityorganization Last stated 18 years ago 12 Jun 2008 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2008-06-12 — tap for who they are
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