Is President Trump Doing Management Wrong? (Scott Adams)

Scott Adams' Blog ^ | January 31, 2017 | Scott Adams

[PJ-Comix]

The world is watching Trump trade some “chaos” to get the benefits of entrepreneurial management. It’s fast and messy, but he’s testing in real time. He’s watching protests. He’s watching news coverage. He’s watching social media. And he’s rapidly adjusting as needed. The net effect of Trump’s bias for action in his first week is that he created a presidential brand of being the most action-oriented president of all time. Your first impression will be sticky. If things work out for Trump, you will forget any temporary “chaos” and remember him as the most effective president in history. Success fixes everything. Every entrepreneur knows that.

[Mr. Douglas]

“Hive mind”. I like it.

I think I’m going to start using it.

[Vigilanteman]

Adams really gets it. I especially loved this quote:

If you see a pundit crying “chaos” about Trump’s early moves, you’re probably seeing someone with no entrepreneurial management experience . . .

Entrepreneurial management experience is rare in echo chambers, isn't it?

[chris37]

Trump is leading better than anyone I have ever seen in my entire life.

The chaos is coming from the left and its media.

[PA Engineer]

I think Trump's methods are closer to the OODA Loop. It is neither chaos nor entrepreneurial management. From the outside it may appear chaotic to irrational thinkers.

[ctdonath2]

Whenever a headline asks a yes/no question, the answer is no.

[Mr. K]

Adams has been AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had no idea he was this prescient

[HombreSecreto]

Agree!

[YogicCowboy]

Yes, Hive Mind. That quintessential leftist characteristic is at the heart of my as-yet-unpublished book series.

My problem is that the ideas I started using years ago, when I began to write a science fiction novel, are coming true so quickly and often, that by the time I can publish it, it will seem derivative.

Oh, well. I cannot regret any of this: The nation is infinitely more important than my literary success.

[Oratam]

The consumers of mass media news/entertainment share the hive mind. Watch and listen to how your colleagues/coworkers all react the same to stimuli pumped into them through newspapers, tv, blogs, social media, etc.

I think it survives because some people feel much, much safer in a crowd. If one isn't particularly bright it's safer to parrot what the perceived bright people are spouting.

It also serves to identify the outsider. For years mentioning an article in the NYT was a quick way to identify who was worth talking to, hiring, etc. Virtue signaling on Facebook performs the same function today.

[Crolis]

I think you are quite right. Trump’s success I believe is in large part due to his ability to think faster than his opponents.

Establishment politicians and the media are not used to being proactive. Both entities are slow, reactive institutions who continually navel-gaze to figure out how to frame events.

By the time they have developed some way to react to something Trump has done, he has already moved on to the next thing.

[Mr. Douglas]

This meme needs to go viral. Hive Mind.

HM

e.g. “I turned on NPR today to see what the HM has to say about Trump’s latest.”

[Mr. Douglas]

or maybe #hivemind

[jmaroneps37]

How many billions are you worth pal?

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Trump’s playing 3D Timed Chess, and the opposition has lost 9 games in a row. But they don’t know it yet and are still analyzing game 3, trying to figure out how they got checkmated (again). Meanwhile, Trump has started game 10 and hit the timer.

[YogicCowboy]

I agree with you.

I find it easy to ignore the pundits and critics (on both sides); I do not perceive what he says and does as chaotic.

[castlebrew]

Stealing that one...

[cowboyusa]

He's got 48%on his side, and 37% will strongly disapprove of him no matte what he does. The fight is for the other 17%.

[jumpingcholla34]

These media buffoons and establishment politicians are eating Trump’s dust. I think Adams is spot on.

[Fido969]

When I was a corporate auditor, if I interviewed people and started hearing the same words and phrases, I knew I was being fed a load of bull.