The Penalization Of Initiative

This is how companies often run, despite claiming to want "innovators."

I’ll keep this one short — no need to belabor it. I was just thinking yesterday, in part through a discussion with a friend, that I’ve literally never had a job — like, ever — where initiative was seen as a good thing. In fact, in most jobs I’ve had, initiative gets you slapped (“That’s my responsibility, Tony” “Um, my name is Ted”) and relentless adher…