Comments on: Fool or Jerk? http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/06/06/fool-or-jerk/ Seeding growth through innovation. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:50:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Thomas http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/06/06/fool-or-jerk/#comment-18 Thomas Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:27:57 +0000 http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/06/06/fool-or-jerk/#comment-18 Agree with Phil here, anyone who says there are no politics in their firm is lying. It's always there. Of course in a successful firm with big growth it is minimized as the pie continues to grow so that everyone is satisfied. As soon as the growth has tempered, however, watch out. I'm sure Google and Salesforce are both great, cool places to work right now as well...just like Yahoo! used to be right? Agree with Phil here, anyone who says there are no politics in their firm is lying. It’s always there. Of course in a successful firm with big growth it is minimized as the pie continues to grow so that everyone is satisfied. As soon as the growth has tempered, however, watch out. I’m sure Google and Salesforce are both great, cool places to work right now as well…just like Yahoo! used to be right?

]]> By: Phil Fersht http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/06/06/fool-or-jerk/#comment-15 Phil Fersht Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:25:40 +0000 http://www.inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2007/06/06/fool-or-jerk/#comment-15 Anyone CEO claims their organization has "no politics" is usually blind to what goes on underneath them. Their entire management team is permanently kissing up to them and being absolutely delightful to work with, so they assume their whole company is a bed of lovely roses. End of the day, politics is in the DNA of corporate America and there isn't much you can do about it other than play the game...or start you own business! Oh...and people who accuse others of being "political" are usually political themselves (takes one to know one...if ya know what I mean). Great post - keep 'em coming. Anyone CEO claims their organization has “no politics” is usually blind to what goes on underneath them. Their entire management team is permanently kissing up to them and being absolutely delightful to work with, so they assume their whole company is a bed of lovely roses. End of the day, politics is in the DNA of corporate America and there isn’t much you can do about it other than play the game…or start you own business! Oh…and people who accuse others of being “political” are usually political themselves (takes one to know one…if ya know what I mean).

Great post - keep ‘em coming.

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