To play 'in defense', there was an article published not too long ago on
news.com.au listing, "Professions that attract the most psychopaths"
http://www.news.com.au/business/worklife/the-ten-jobs-that-attract-psychopaths-and-why/story-e6frfm9r-1226512127799
Ironically, craftsperson and creative artist were ranked under the 'least
likely' professions to attract psychopaths.
However, CEO positions are most likely.
A case of the pot calling the kettle black, perhaps?
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Luke Feast <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Harvard Business Review has posted a blog on Seven Rules for Managing
> Creative-But-Difficult People
> http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/seven_rules_for_managing_creat.html
>
> According to the blog, the keys to engaging and retaining creative
> employees are:
>
> 1. Spoil them and let them fail
> 2. Surround them by semi-boring people
> 3. Only involve them in meaningful work
> 4. Don't pressure them
> 5. *Pay them poorly*Don't overpay them
> 7. Make them feel important
>
> The blog finishes with a colourful caveat:
>
> -snip-
> A final caveat: even when you are able to manage your creative employees,
> it does not mean that you should let them manage others. In fact, natural
> innovators are rarely gifted with leadership skills. There is a profile for
> good leaders, and a profile for creative people — and they are rather
> different... [Creative employees] exhibit many of the psychopathic
> characteristics that prevent them from being effective leaders: they are
> rebellious, anti-social, self-centered and often too low in empathy to care
> about the welfare of others. But manage them well, and their inventions
> will delight us all.
> -end snip-
>
> I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that the author of this
> blog post has an almost complete misunderstanding of creative processes.
>
> Psychopathically yours,
>
> Luke
>
> Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2013, April 2) Seven Rules for Managing
> Creative-But-Difficult People [Blog post]. Retrieved from
> http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/seven_rules_for_managing_creat.html
>
>
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