#theoryx — Public Fediverse posts

‘Teamwork! Equality! No more bosses!’ said the ‘50s… and now we have RTO mandates and empty glass towers. Explore the illusion in my new post about Fromm, Beauvoir, and capitalist déjà-vu.

https://philosophics.blog/2025/10/30/the-sane-delusion-fromm-beauvoir-and-the-cult-of-mid-century-liberation/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#CulturalCritique #Fromm #Beauvoir #TheoryX #ReturnToOffice #books #philosophy #management #culture #psychology

I’m surprised by the number of really smart, well-read, highly-educated people, some of whom read graduate school case studies on Theory X vs Theory Y, that then managed to memoryhole the entire construct and insist on relearning the theory via praxis.

#LifeWorkBalance #TheoryX #TheoryY #praxis

This is an article of mine about Douglas McGregor's outstanding bestseller "The Human Side of Enterprise" from 1960 and the mind-boggling, profound misunderstanding that has surrounded the book and McGregor's #TheoryX and #TheoryY distinction for more than six decades.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mcgregor-paradox-most-tragic-misunderstanding-history-niels-pflaeging/
#betacodex #humannature #motivation #newwork #leadership #futureofleadership #selforganization #psychology #philosophy

So many people are still hooked on #TheoryX thinking.
Problem is: It makes significant progress in work & organizations utterly impossible!
https://linkedin.com/pulse/mcgregor-paradox-most-tragic-misunderstanding-history-niels-pflaeging
#betacodex #newwork #futureofwork #futureofleadership #orgdev #workthesystem #leadership #management #mcgregor #motivation #agile #agility #lean