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Between the lines, hierarchy was necessary in order to impose HR-compliant politically-vetted governance.

"the Preston-Warner episode helped demonstrate that some problems couldn’t be solved by the masses. While the old times created a strong sense of camaraderie, employees didn’t know who to direct questions to, either about uncomfortable confrontations with colleagues or about their own performance"



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