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The three "tiers" of work and life

Vocabulary and "where you sit" are incredibly important to how work gets done.

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Ted Bauer
Jan 25, 2021
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You may have heard of "The Gervais Principle," which is a way of explaining organizational structure in the context of The Office. You may have also heard of "The Michael Scott Theory," which is similar and I'll outline briefly here. If you want a nice deep-dive on both concepts, click that second link. The other benchmark we will be using here is "The …

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