23 June 2011 - Corporate Bland 3

content farmer: There’s more to it than that.
Corporate Bland: That’s right. In today’s class, we’ll cover one of many ways to control corporate culture to ensure conformity—I mean, consistent implementation of overall goals.
webcomic artist: I don’t have much of a corporation yet.
Corporate Bland: Start with your first employee. You can leverage one person who doesn’t think for themselves into a system of rules and procedures that keep the machine running no matter how poorly the parts fit.
content farmer: So simple!
Corporate Bland: The basic idea is simple, but there are a lot of details to get wrong. For example, you have to be careful how you misdefine productivity....