The Firm
The main law of entrenched businesses is that it’s always cheaper to keep something going than to start something new. I think the main law of Office Politics is that it’s always easier to prevent someone from doing something than it is to do something yourself.
Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is The Enemy, and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. His work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared everywhere from the Columbia Journalism Review to Fast Company. His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as Grammy Award winning musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Absolutely.
The first thing I thought of was a corollary: If there is a high risk opportunity, get someone else to take the point position; so that one can take the credit later, and if it fails no repercussions will follow.
That is a fantastic observation. It’s amazing how some people can actually get less than nothing done, and still seem productive.
Reminds me of the Weinstein brothers buying up films before their rivals could get them and never releasing them.