#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

#TheoryX in practice: distrustful manager demotivates employees https://www.progressfocused.com/2024/03/theory-x-in-practice-distrustful.html

For 60+ years people have found "unbelievable" what Douglas McGregor said: That #TheoryX people do not exist.

For 5+ years people have found "unbelievable" what we in the BetaCodex Network say: That transformation from command & control to Beta can be achieved in just 90 days. We think we are in good company!

http://www.openspacebeta.com

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

Last week, i found a lovely AND useful distinction in a book by Roland Deiser, between:
- Common sense
- Common nonsense and
- Uncommon sense

#Cynefin is a great example of the 2nd category.
#TheoryX (as described by Douglas McGregor) another.
Do you have others?

#betacodex #learning #thinking #criticalthinking

I suspect there are more #TheoryX types at large #tech firms than people might think

https://medium.com/@jchyip/lessons-from-re-organising-a-lot-220b1e742a4

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