Comments on: How to order a pen http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/ Jesus was a community organizer; Pontius Pilate was a governor Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Alon Levy http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/#comment-137389 Alon Levy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:33:54 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/#comment-137389 Have you read Max Barry's corporate satire novel Company? Your experience sounds like a parody of this book, instead of the other way around. Have you read Max Barry’s corporate satire novel Company? Your experience sounds like a parody of this book, instead of the other way around.

]]> By: Stephen http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/#comment-137391 Stephen Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:42 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/#comment-137391 It's bizarre. My co-worker and I agreed that if Max Barry or Dilbert or some movie satirized corporate bureaucracy with such a tale, it would be dismissed as 'unrealistic overkill.' It’s bizarre. My co-worker and I agreed that if Max Barry or Dilbert or some movie satirized corporate bureaucracy with such a tale, it would be dismissed as ‘unrealistic overkill.’

]]> By: JustinH http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/#comment-137435 JustinH Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:45:30 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2008/04/03/how-to-order-a-pen/#comment-137435 Jesus H. Christ... can you add up the estimated number of hours everyone involved spent writing emails, multiply by average hourly rate, and get a back-of-envelope idea of how much this fracas cost your company? I theorize that almost all organizations composed of more than 150 humans are "broken" by default...we just don't have the mental software to deal with groups larger than a tribe/extended family. P.S., I used to talk to you back in the Agonist days, Stephen, right when you started TPD -- good to see that you are still writing it. Jesus H. Christ… can you add up the estimated number of hours everyone involved spent writing emails, multiply by average hourly rate, and get a back-of-envelope idea of how much this fracas cost your company?

I theorize that almost all organizations composed of more than 150 humans are “broken” by default…we just don’t have the mental software to deal with groups larger than a tribe/extended family.

P.S., I used to talk to you back in the Agonist days, Stephen, right when you started TPD — good to see that you are still writing it.

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