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baxtrtoday at 5:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

“Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.”

― Charlie Munger


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asdfman123today at 5:09 PM

Would that make chasing perverse outcomes in the corporate environment the Munger Games?

coredog64today at 5:23 PM

When I was at Amazon, I suggested that promotion to L7 people manager should require that reverse tattooed on your forehead so that you saw it every day. Every time some mandate would come down from on high, it was clear that nobody had thought of the second order effects, malicious compliance, or just outright gaming.