{"id":17543,"date":"2020-11-27T07:02:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17543"},"modified":"2020-11-27T07:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:12:28","slug":"overnight-news-ranks-privilege-is-the-honor-of-jumping-on-the-grenade-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17543\/overnight-news-ranks-privilege-is-the-honor-of-jumping-on-the-grenade-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Rank\u2019s privilege is the honor of jumping on the grenade\u00a0first."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cWhen you find a Bloodhound with a boss, you\u2019ve found fraud: There is no such\u00a0thing.\u201d<\/p><\/div>I am a renegade boss.<\/p>\n

In this I am one with Caesar and Trump and possibly also even the Nazarene: I am a natural-born boss, but I abhor and resist the way most bosses do things. I am not beset by enemies like those other guys, lucky me, because I lack their ambition. But their enemies \u2013 for Caesar and Trump, anyway \u2013 assailed them because<\/em> they resisted and hoped to supplant the predation of the boss class.<\/p>\n

The DISC of this is simple:<\/a> Only the Driven temperament should lead, and only Ds should lead things meant to endure. I’m Di \u2013 solo projects, skunk works, turnarounds \u2013 but I understand why Ds matters \u2013 and, where it doesn’t, why nothing else does.<\/p>\n

The boss class right now is enthralled by Ci \u2013 much weakened this year by Ci’s many unforced errors \u2013 but it is flirting with Dc. This would be the entire battle of recorded history \u2013 Ci theocracy (here technocracy) versus Dc oligarchy \u2013 minus the Nazarene, who brought with him the Ds golden age none of us thought to question until Ci started tearing it down.<\/p>\n

Ci in power is predatory \u2013 you know, like squeezing broke people and calling it “optimization”<\/a> \u2013 but Di and Dc will drift toward Cautious tyranny over time, as well. Why? Because “rank has its privileges.” This is something that should never be said, and certainly never said down, to your own people. But a whole lot of bosses seem to think their job title confers upon them a change of identity whereby the boss points and says, “My bags,” and whomever he says it to is instantly minionized.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to spot bad bosses \u2013 unless you come to the office after five or on the weekend: The only practical way they have of proving the privilege of their rank is by not<\/em> working. Half the economy worked yesterday so the other half could take the day off. But almost none<\/em> of the bosses worked, and those who Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen you find a Bloodhound with a boss, you\u2019ve found fraud: There is no such\u00a0thing.\u201dI am a renegade boss. In this I am one with Caesar and Trump and possibly also even the Nazarene: I am a natural-born boss, but I abhor and resist the way most bosses do things. 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