Politics & Hierarchy: How We Create It & How to Stop
summary
Politics and hierarchy arise from two concrete assumptions — I am the center of the universe and us versus them — fueled by stress, decision and collaboration fatigue from Industry 4.0. Remedy is practical: map how teams and roles add value, stop reacting and give a persistent response that reframes interactions, and use simple tools like visualize your system and workflow maps to make hidden dependencies visible and reduce turf fights. Persist for weeks, not one meeting.
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chapters (35)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:32Suffering from politics
- 0:55Insight facilitation
- 4:36Politics Hierarchy
- 6:25How We Create Politics
- 7:16Selfpity
- 8:35Envy
- 9:22Hierarchy
- 11:15The effect of hierarchy
- 11:49How it affects delivery
- 13:39Why Eastern Philosophy
- 14:19Assumptions
- 16:35Danger of Assumptions
- 17:41How We Create Hierarchy
- 19:52Why We Create Hierarchy
- 20:35The Danger of Hierarchy
- 22:12Why Do We Do It
- 22:37The Fourth Industrial Revolution
- 25:07Continuous Improvement
- 26:08Decision Fatigue
- 27:46Constant Change
- 28:15Bad Habits
- 29:22Example
- 30:14What are we missing
- 31:08When we create hierarchy
- 32:37Adding value
- 33:27Practical application
- 35:11Recap
- 35:36Acknowledge Value
- 35:57Why persist
- 36:27Conclusion
- 37:18Dont give in to the temptation
- 38:29The benefits
- 39:11Pay this knowledge forward
- 39:30Be a pioneer
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