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Decision making credibility is simply not anchored in "being logically correct."

It's anchored in the ability to consider the needs of the tribe appropriately.

Leadership credibility in human society is mostly anchored via your track record of emphasizing with the needs of a Dunbar's number sized tribe.

Empathy, not logic, is the KPI our brains are tuned to. Empathetic leaders emphasize data collection, logical ones make decisions using that data. Evolution has optimized for empathy.

The core problem with large companies is the middle management buffer grows large enough that it forms a subculture which drives decision making.

Plus, institutions of 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, all have their "local" rules of detailed management know-how. Add it all up, and you have a problem that's just as thorny & knotty as any engineering problem. Requiring just as much detailed expertise.




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